- The short answer is that Flag Day was not included in the 1968 Uniform Holiday Act. (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Aside from all the Sailabration events going on throughout Baltimore this week, special Flag Day events that included the original U.S. flag and the national 9/11 flag had many Marylanders feeling patriotic. (msnbc.com)
- Today is June 14, Flag Day. When I went out today to do errands, I saw some flags; but there were just a few. What has happened since the days after Sept. 11, when everyone had flags outside. (Abington Mariner)
- The Sayre Elks honored Flag Day on Thursday with an observance in Sayres Howard Elmer Park. (Daily Review & Sunday Review)
- "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Today, June 14th, is Flag Day. (Houston Chronicle)
- DALTON -- At Camp Evans in Vietnam, a rocket exploded at the base of the flagpole, jettisoning the American flag into the foxhole where Dan Taylor, now 65, was positioned. We put it [the flag] on a rifle and stuck it up. (Berkshire Eagle)
- The Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Honor Guard dedicated a newly-installed nautical flag pole June 14, Flag Day, at Huntington Reservation in Bay Village. The American, Cleveland Metroparks and Blue Wave flags fly from the pole. (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Justice Court staff got a nasty Flag Day surprise Thursday — the apparent theft of a flag that flew on a combat mission in Iraq. (Independent Record)
- President Barack Obama greets Hugh Hills, 85, in front of his home in Joplin, Mo., May 29, 2011. Hills hid in a closet during the tornado, which destroyed the second floor and half the first floor of his house. (Whitehouse.gov (press release))
- Bristols 227th Fourth of July celebration is officially underway. It kicked off Thursday with a Flag Day ceremony on the town common. The Chief Marshal of the parade, Tony Texeira, was introduced to the people of Bristol. (ABC6.com)
Friday, June 15, 2012
Flag Day
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