Monday, June 18, 2012

Flag Day

  • President Obama has signed a proclamation, as all our presidents have since 1949 and beyond, encouraging Americans to fly our flag proudly, and we will.   We always do.
  • (FOX News)
  • Betsy Wickard TCPalm Posted June 18, 2012 at 2:58 p.m., updated June 18, 2012 at 2:58 p.m. STUART — Veterans of WWII and the Korean War celebrated Flag Day at The Allegro in Stuart on Thursday, June 14.
  • (Jupiter Courier)
  • 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))
  • Several flags were retired in honor of Flag Day at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center Thursday evening, commemorating the 235th anniversary of the American flag's adoption.
  • (Ahwatukee Foothills 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)
  • WYANDOTTE — Thanks to a donation by a group of veterans, every day is now Flag Day at the Josephine Brighton Work Skills Center.
  • (News-Herald)
  • Thursday the nation celebrated the birthday of the United States Flag. Congress officially adopted the flag on this date 235 years ago. Among the groups honoring Old Glory in East Tennessee were hundreds of Boy Scouts at Camp Buck Toms in Roane County.
  • (WBIR)
  • DANUBE, N.Y. (WKTV) - The Mohawk Valley Chapter of the the Daughters of the American Revolution celebrated flag day in a very patriotic way on Thursday - with some local history.
  • (WKTV)
  • MICHIGAN CITY — It was a Flag Day celebration, after all, and those in attendance expected to see a few furling flags.
  • (News Dispatch)
  • Yesterday was Flag Day, the anniversary of the Stars and Stripes being adopted as the nation's flag.
  • (MySanAntonio)

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