Sunday, June 17, 2012

Flag Day

  • THREE OAKS -- Mother Nature and Uncle Sam were working cooperatively Sunday when it came time for the annual Three Oaks Flag Day Parade.
  • (South Bend Tribune)
  • June 14, 2012: Microsofts Bing search engine adopted a patriotic flag motif backgroun Thursday in celebration of Flag Day. Googles search engine appears to ignore the holiday.
  • (FOX News)
  • On Thursday, June 14, the Flag Day 5K Run and Walk raised nearly $35,000 to benefit homeless veterans served by the Parsippany-based nonprofit organization Community Hope.
  • (NJ.com)
  • There will be no fireworks and no time off from work. In fact, there may not be any celebration at all. But the calendar shows that Thursday is the designated holiday to honor the stars and stripes: Flag Day.
  • (McClatchy)
  • "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)
  • 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))
  • For many, Thursday seemed like just an ordinary day. However, for veterans and those in tune with this countrys past it was much more symbolic than just another weekday. June 14 marked the 235 anniversary of the adoption of the United States flag.
  • (Voice News)
  • AUBURN | A new chapter was added to the history of the American Flag Thursday as the Knights of Columbus held its first Flag Day ceremony in Auburn.
  • (Citizen Online)
  • Its as if time stopped sometime in the 1940s on Six Mile in Salem Township when Flag Day festivities Saturday drew people from town and neighboring communities for an old fashioned celebration. What it lacked in glitz, the event had tenfold in charm.
  • (HometownLife.com)
  • There was a great crowd of volunteers on the morning of Flag Day, June 14, to help with putting up the flags on the Whitfield County Courthouse lawn and along King Street.
  • (Daily Citizen-News)

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