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JUNE 13, FLAG DAY AND US ARMY BIRTHDAY WEEKENDThe Friday evening, before Flag Day and the United States Army’s 233rd Birthday, saw our enthusiasm high with a continuous stream of honks and waves from passing cars. No rain ( a change from the recurring Friday night showers this past spring), but a very warm and pleasant night with cooling breezes near dusk, and good camaraderie among the twenty-three FReepers and visitors.. We carried plenty of flags and signs announcing the 233rd Birthday of the United States Army. The moonbats were restless as June approaches its full moon and a code...

Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation. With these words, on June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted the flag of the United States of America. Flag Day has since been partly eclipsed by other American traditions and holidays, and although it is still celebrated by numerous families and in many parts of the country, it has been forgotten by too many. I, however, will never forget Flag Day. On June 14, 2005, on...

This year, the days set aside for honoring fathers and flags fell on the same weekend. Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 of every year. Father’s Day the third Sunday of June, fell on June 15 this year, as close as is possible to Flag Day. This close alignment of seemingly different days provides us with the opportunity to ponder the significance of remembering and honoring fathers and flags, and to contemplate the intersection of the symbol of our nation (the flag) with the person who, without which, we would not be here today (our father). While the 13-star...

Americans celebrated the red, white and blue in Orange, CA today. Passersby were very positive and enthusiastic and there was lots of horn honking and thumbs up. The early arrivers were honored with a red white and blue lei and a temporary flag tattoo, provided by Ray

Since 1969, a U.S. flag has been flying high on a tall pole in front of the Mitchell family home in Brea. "It's been up there every day," says Jane Mitchell, 73. "Except for a week when a storm brought down the pole and we had to replace it." Flag Day is Saturday, but many Orange County residents choose to display their pride every day of the year by decorating their homes with a flag. Charles and Rosemary Kissel display up to 13 flags at a time at their Anaheim home. The couple has a collection of about 300 U.S....

Most U.S. school children grow up knowing the story of Betsy Ross, who may or may not have sewn the first American flag, based on a sketch given to her by George Washington. But what about Francis Hopkinson, Mary Pickersgill or Samuel Reid, all of whom played roles in the history of the flag? Or Bernard Cigrand, who may have been the first to celebrate the birthday of the flag and led the movement to make Flag Day, June 14, a national observance? In her lifetime, Ross herself never claimed to have sewn the first flag. Only in 1870 did...

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2008 – Tomorrow the United States observes National Flag Day, an annual tribute to the American flag, the ideals it stands for and the sacrifices made to preserve them. President and Nancy Reagan file by the flag-draped caskets of victims of the April 18, 1983, bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon in an April 23, 1983 file photo. Photo courtesy Ronald Reagan Presidential Library  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. President Woodrow Wilson recognized during his first Flag Day address in 1915 that the freedoms the U.S. flag stands for weren’t and never would...

West Chester - To commemorate Flag Day tomorrow the Chester County Victory Movement will sponsor a U.S. Flag Day rally outside the West Chester Court House. The rally is in support of the flag and the United States Army, which celebrates its 233rd birthday tomorrow. "This is a day when all Americans should fly the American flag in honor of all the great things in our country, for all the freedoms we have," said Rich Davis, Chester County Victory Movement founder. "We want to do our part to honor Old Glory." The Chester County Victory Movement was formed in reaction...

~ Flag Day, June 14 ~ Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies militaryand the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Click Betsy Ross The History of Flag Day Red Skelton ~ Pledge of Allegiance (spoken) Red Skelton ~ Pledge of Allegiance (written) Star Spangled Banner Ragged Old Flag Old Glory This Ain’t No Rag, It’s A Flag You're A Grand Old Flag Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.

Washington, DC — Just about everyone in America knows that Sunday, June 15, is Father's Day. The "Day for Dads" has been celebrated on the third Sunday of June since 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson decreed it to be so. Those who make and sell power tools and greeting cards have been grateful ever since. Somehow, it just isn't the same for June 14th — Flag Day — and by no coincidence, the U.S. Army's anniversary. Father's Day is traditionally memorialized with gifts, cards and calls for dear old dad. Flag Day is all but forgotten. But this year, with...

It may not be much of a deal to most Americans, but to we Philadelphians, Saturday is Flag Day. Betsy Ross was once a member of my church, Old St. George’s (America’s first and world’s oldest Methodist Church). Contrary to what the National Park Service contends, there is concrete proof she crafted the first American Flag. Philadelphians will gather for an observation in front of her home on Arch Street. Another tradition is the annual radio broadcast "I am Your Flag" by Bob Nelson, aired on KYW 1060 AM, Philadelphia’s All-News station. KYW NewsRadio and its anchors are an institution...

AMERICAN FLAG RALLY first 5 arrivals get patriotic flower laies! FLAG DAY JUNE 14 Bring your biggest American Flag - wear red, white and blue - FLAG DAY JUNE 14! Honor our flag Bring a reading or other tribute to Old Glory to share - and you will be eligible to enter a drawing for a patriotic prize! DATE June 14 FLAG DAY TIME 10am LOCATION Circle at Orange Chapman Avenue and Glassell Street Address: 118 S Glassell St, Orange, CA 92866 Search the Web: Flag Day Search News June 14th Add to Calendar

Click here for map showing location and free nearby garage When the map appears, you can click on the links on the left for the Courthouse or Garage to bring up a box where you can select "Directions To This Location". Here's the Patriots who braved the thnderstorms last Saturday and came out to Support The Troops. That's FR's Honest Conservative on the left. During the day, one active duty Soldier home on leave and one Navy Seal thanked them for their efforts in West Chester. And there's a party afterwards. If you need more info, just ask here...

When Stanley Hauerwas, the Duke University professor dubbed by Time as "America's best theologian" ("A playful mind," March 17, 2007), gave a commencement speech at a Mennonite college a while back, he said he was glad that no American flag was in evidence, for "the power of the flag is, by necessity, violent." Hauerwas added, "Because there is no flag here, Goshen College is potentially a more truthful, and thus academically interesting, educational institution than those that serve such flags." Two questions for asking on June 14, Flag Day: Is a flagless institution likely to be more academically interesting than...

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 – In the shadow of the Washington Monument, with its 50 American flags snapping in the breeze, the “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band helped kick off the grand finale of the National Anthem Project here yesterday. The “President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band plays patriotic songs during the National Association for Music Education’s National Anthem Project’s grand finale at the Washington Monument on Flag Day, June 14, 2007. The project is a multiyear effort to re-teach Americans “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess, USN  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available....

The Long Memory Brigade here at MRC remembered Flag Day with a few reminders we've published in our Notable Quotables newsletter. The Left can easily display their contempt for the American flag. For example, there's this dropping of unpatriotic nastiness from the days right after 9/11 in The Nation: "My daughter, who goes to Stuyvesant High School only blocks from the World Trade Center, thinks we should fly an American flag out our window. Definitely not, I say: The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance and war. She tells me I’m wrong – the flag means standing together and honoring the...

The 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...

It has become customary to refer to the period from Thanksgiving week through New Year’s Day as the "holiday season," and with good reason. Many major holidays, including Christmas and Hanukkah, are clustered in that six-week span. With the passage of time, the holiday season has expanded, with the first Christmas decorations sometimes appearing before Halloween, and the holiday shopping season becoming the lynchpin supporting much of the entire retail sector. I enjoy Christmas and Thanksgiving as much now as I ever did as a boy, and am certain our culture would be immeasurably impoverished without them. There is, however,...

Flag Day 2006 was also the fifty-second anniversary of President Eisenhower signing “Joint Resolution 243,” which added the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. At the Upper Senate Park, organizations like Concerned Women For America (CWA), The Religious Freedom Coalition, Eagle Forum, Ask For America, and The Traditional Values Coalition held a press conference alongside Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ), Representative Todd Akin (R-MO), Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Senator John Kyl (R-AZ) to urge Congress to pass the Pledge Protection Act. Representative Akin and Senator Kyl are sponsoring the bills in their respective houses that would protect the...

(English-language translation) The activity to commemorate Flag Day [in Puerto Rico] stressed the importance that supporters of statehood place on the billions of dollars the island receives in federal funds. Scores of participants marched along Roosevelt Avenue towards the headquarters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) in Hato Rey, where they met other followers to total over 100 [attendees]. Although PNP Vice-Chairman Jorge Santini and House Speaker José Aponte were present at this proselytizing event, the absence of other leaders, including PNP Chairman Pedro Rosselló, was noticeable. "We discussed a budget that can be $9.2, 9.4, or 9.6 billion, but...

What a Flag Day it was! Some would ask, 'Lyman, aren't you and others over-reacting, about the display of just one more flag?' That's the question I had to ask--and answer. The answer: an emphatic No! Apathy, shrugging the shoulders, passivity, lethargy, failure to take a stand about symbolism, intangibles and principles...is a slippery slope. We're living in a world where there is constant pressure to be 'politically correct' so as not to offend with genuine appropriate American patriotism, here in these United States. We had about 30 patriots show up during work hours, with people driving from as far...

Evidently, Flag Day is as abhorrent to the rats at Google as is Memorial Day. Meanwhile, dogpile proudly displays Old Glory.

President Bush at his press conference today said, "... one message that I will continue to send to the enemy is ... don't bet on American politics forcing my hand, because it's not going to happen. I'm going to make decisions not based upon politics, but based upon what's best for the United States of America. ... But my voice, what you hear from me, no matter what these polls and all the business look like, is that it's worth it, it is necessary, and we will succeed." On the 57th anniversary of the founding of Flag Day in America,...

Here in the United States we celebrate national holidays that remind us of our country's beginnings and of those who fought and died to protect it. One day in particular, which is most underrated and probably the most important, is Flag Day. The flag of the United States of America is more than red, white and blue, with stars and stripes. The flag represents all that America stands for and what America is. When we look up at our flag hanging still, or blowing in the wind, we see more than a piece of cloth. We see everything that America...

I am not sure of the Copyright rules of the Palm Beach Post so the below is an excerpt. Vero Beach resident and Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Rick Monday will be the guest of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R.-Tenn., in Washington today, when the proposed constitutional amendment banning the desecration of the American flag is reintroduced. Joe Crankshaw of the opinion staff recently interviewed Monday about his feelings for the flag and the amendment. Q. On April 25, 1976, during the fourth inning of a game with the Dodgers, you were in center field for the Chicago Cubs at...

Car buffs enter flag flap Clubs plan to protest keeping large Old Glory wrapped Megan Blaney and Kelly Rayburn, Staff Writers SAN BERNARDINO - If the city continues to hide away its largest flag, local car buffs say they may also go into hiding - just in time for the annual Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous. At a Flag Day rally today at City Hall, event organizer Lyman Stucky and members of car clubs and other groups intend to protest a City Council decision against draping a giant American flag off the side of City Hall on patriotic holidays and...

O say can you see ... the multitudes of East Bay residents hoisting their broad stripes and bright stars today in tribute to that quintessential emblem of American patriotism. Today we celebrate the 229th birthday of the American flag and this nation's Flag Day. It was 1777 when the Continental Congress adopted the stars-and-stripes pattern for our national flag nearly a year after the Declaration of Independence was signed. Popular myth has always credited Betsy Ross as our first patriotic tailor, but historians have other theories. Nevertheless, as a banner of national spirit, the flag has been so evocative as...

Why the Pledge of Allegiance Matters--Speech by Tom McClintock There is a reason behind the movement to strike the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance--and from our national customs, and our currency, and our public ceremonies. It has very little to do with atheism. It has a great deal to do with authoritarianism. The philosophy of the American Founding is unique among the nations of the world because of a bedrock principle that was given expression with words in the Declaration of Independence that are old and familiar, and yet not often pondered these days. In the American...

Every morning at sunrise, custodian John L. Kovach Jr. hoists the American flag to the top of the flagpole at Bethel Park's Memorial Elementary School and gives it a snappy salute -- a habit born of military discipline and an abiding love of country. "No matter how you feel about this issue or that issue, the one thing that blankets us with the security and freedom we enjoy is the American flag," said Kovach, a former Marine and sergeant first class in the Pennsylvania National Guard. Today - Flag Day - Kovach, 52, of Bethel Park, again will salute as...

WEST YARMOUTH - June 14 doesn't get the same attention as the Fourth of July, but for Thomas Kerr and his wife, Gayle, it is a day filled with meaning. June 14, or Flag Day, is the day the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes in 1777. ''It's special for our family because of the history of dedication and commitment that both my grandfather and father had to make sure the day was celebrated,'' Thomas Kerr, 61, said yesterday at his summer cottage on Grace Avenue. Kerr's grandfather, William T. Kerr, is considered by many to be the founder...

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2006 – She's a "grand ole flag," and she'll be waving at nearly 500 shopping malls across America on Flag Day, June 14, thanks to a celebration hosted by the International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc. Shopping centers are uniting in "An Old Glory*ous Celebration," aimed at promoting patriotism, supporting troops and veterans, and honoring the flag. Since the celebration's Memorial Day kickoff, nearly 500,000 shoppers from shopping centers across the country have signed pledge cards saying they'll fly Old Glory on Flag Day, council officials said. "This is a simple yet very powerful show of patriotism...

Flag Day 2006 I am the flag of the United States of AmericaI was born on June 14, 1777, in Philadelphia.There the Continental Congress adopted my stars and stripes as the national flag.My thirteen stripes alternating red and white, with a union of thirteen white stars in a field of blue, represented a new constellation, a new nation dedicated to the personal and religious liberty of mankind.Today fifty stars signal from my union, one for each of the fifty sovereign states in the greatest constitutional republic the world has ever known.My colors symbolize the patriotic ideals and spiritual qualities...

Flag Day, is a day for all Americans to celebrate and show respect for our flag, its designers and makers. Our flag is representative of our independence and our unity as a nation.....one nation, under God, indivisible. Our flag has a proud and glorious history. It was at the lead of every battle fought by Americans. Many people have died protecting it. It even stands proudly on the surface of the moon. As Americans, we have every right to be proud of our culture, our nation, and our flag. So raise the flag on Flag Day, June 14th!

"I am FURIOUS! The City of San Bernardino has voted to NOT DISPLAY AMERICAN FLAGS on national holidays since it might offend somebody. It took two votes--the final one was 4 to 3. Along with others, I am organizing a rally at San Bernardino City Hall for Wednesday beginning at 3pm. WITH AMERICAN FLAGS.

Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2006 To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the Congress, by joint resolution approved August 3, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 of each year as "Flag Day" and requested that the President issue an annual proclamation calling for its observance and for the display of the flag of the United States on all Federal Government buildings. The Congress also requested, by joint resolution approved June 9, 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 194), that the President issue annually a proclamation designating the week in which June 14 occurs as "National Flag...

<p>Next Wednesday, June 14 is FLAG DAY.</p> <p>I am FURIOUS!</p> <p>The City of San Bernardino has voted to NOT DISPLAY a large AMERICAN FLAG previously flown at City Hall, on national holidays since it might offend somebody. It took two votes--the final one was 4 to 3.</p>

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary June 6, 2006 Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2006 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America From our Nation's earliest days, Old Glory has stood for America's strength, unity, and liberty. During Flag Day and National Flag Week, we honor this enduring American symbol and celebrate the hope and ideals that it embodies. In 1777, the Second Continental Congress established the flag of a young Nation, whose 13 original states were represented in the flag's 13 stars and 13 alternating red and white stripes. Today, the...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...

Wow. Our balloon made the front page of the Washington Times!

KSFO sponsered the unfurling of the largest United States Flag today in Alameda.There were over a thousand patriots here and it took over a thousand to keep the flag flying for over an hour.After this grate Patriotic Event I ventured over to San Francisco and encountered the communist terrorist supporters.

With red stripes and white stars, the old mail drop box on the side of Route 214 serves as a reminder that while the symbol of America might be eternal, Old Glory itself won't last forever. The Sons of the American Legion repainted the box and set it up outside Post 226 in Mayo as an easy way for area residents to drop off their worn flags for proper disposal. In the two weeks leading up to today's celebration of Flag Day, 100 flags were carefully placed inside, bringing the total number of tattered banners ready for burning to around...

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2005 – It's been a little more than two months since I returned from Iraq. More than a year earlier I promised my wife I'd come home safely, and the day I returned, hours after I had come home, I watched my wife eagerly remove the Blue Star Service Banner that hung in our front window, and she happily watched me bring down the yellow ribbon that had hugged our yard's corner tree for a year. The symbols of my family's hardship and sacrifice were now finally gone from the landscape of my neighborhood. Passersby and neighbors,...

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Anti-war protests broke out at a Flag Day celebration in Cambridge Tuesday morning. NewsCenter 5's Amalia Barreda reported that celebration was supposed to be a happy event on Cambridge Common to mark the U.S. Army's 230th birthday in the very place where George Washington took command of the Continental Army. At about 11 a.m. Tuesday, about 50 anti-war protesters were ordered to move from an area where a ceremony was set to take place. When they refused, police moved in and arrested three protesters. Most of the protesters are from the group Veterans For Peace. The protesters...

The Stars and Stripes, flying in the breeze - it's a beautiful sight. But not one we soldiers in Iraq are accustomed to. It may surprise many readers, but the U.S. military in Iraq is prohibited from flying the U.S. flag here Yes, that's right . The no-flag policy states: "No one may fly, display, post or place the U.S. flag in, on or over vehicles, command posts, captured equipment, structures, buildings, monuments or any other location in Iraq." That's pretty exhaustive. Why does such a policy exist? Here's the official explanation: "Displaying the American flag counters the perception that...

THERE is a fad that springs up now and then in America of considering it fashionable to deplore our flag as just a symbol. Well, that's absolutely right. It is a symbol. The only fault that I can find with the pseudointellectuals who therefore discount it is that they live by symbols and apparently aren't even aware of it. I would like to ask them a few questions. For example, why do they stop their cars when they see a red light at an intersection? It's just a symbol. The answer is obvious. The least unpleasant thing that could result...

On this day we pay special tribute to the U.S. flag, Rick Monday will dig into his mail from the last week and probably find a letter praising him for his own selfless act to save Old Glory. People don't forget, even 22 years after the fact. "You know what's crazy is I get letters on it weekly," Monday was saying last Sunday. "What's surprising is a great majority of them are from young people, some of whom weren't even alive at the time, which is scary." Not scary, Rick. Noble. Just as what you did on that day was...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...