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Old 06-14-2005, 06:13 AM
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Flag Day, June 14thThe History Of Flag Day



The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the
idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have
first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils
in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the
108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag
Birthday'. In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses
over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the
observance of June 14 as 'Flag Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned
appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea of observing
Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June
14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and
on June 14 of the following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the
Revolution, celebrated Flag Day.
Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time historian of
the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the Pennsylvania
Society of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution
requesting the mayor of Philadelphia and all others in authority and all private
citizens to display the Flag on June 14th. Leach went on to recommend that
thereafter the day be known as 'Flag Day', and on that day, school children be
assembled for appropriate exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of
Sons of the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the Pennsylvania
Society of Colonial Dames. As a result of the resolution, Dr. Edward Brooks,
then Superintendent of Public Schools of Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day
exercises be held on June 14, 1893 in Independence Square. School children were
assembled, each carrying a small Flag, and patriotic songs were sung and
addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be displayed
on all public buildings. With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving
spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American Flag Day Association,
was organized for the purpose of promoting the holding of Flag Day exercises. On
June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of this association, the first general
public school children's celebration of Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas,
Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000
children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of
the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated words he
said the flag had spoken to him that morning: "I am what you make me; nothing
more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of
yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the
anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the
Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was
celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it was
not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress
designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.
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Old 06-14-2005, 11:34 AM
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Well friend and even though Truman made it official, around here (re. Avenel, NJ) flags displayed are sparse as usual this Flag Day.
Guess that it pretty-much takes something like: "9/11" before most Americans DAILY, RIGHTFULLY & APPROPRIATELY display The American Flag, here in Avenel?

Regardless, hope: "Old Glory" faired better in your and others necks-of-the-woods. Would like hearing that.
Damn,...I hope so since SO MANY DIED for The Flag & US ALL.

Neil
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