Flag Day News

THIS weekend we honor the country we love for all she means to us. On June 14 we celebrated Flag Day, the symbol of what America stands for.

Flag Day was June the 14 and Independence Day the 4th of July - two special days in which we as Americans should show honor and respect for the flag of our country and for those who fought for the preservation of those noble ideals and principles of freedom and justice for which our grand flag stands.A A Americans, more than any nation onA the ...

The Statue of Liberty, and a 21,140 pound, 5,500 square-foot cake created to celebrate Flag Day are seen in this June 14, 1997 file photo, in New York.

One day in December, Sandra Brasmeister noticed the American flag that always waved proudly from the front porch of her Inverness home was missing.

Students at Blessed Beginnings Preschool in Stockton were among those celebrating Flag Day on June 14.

Delta Elks Lodge #1235 held its annual Flag Day service on Sunday, June 14, at the Delta Elks Lodge.

On June 14, we attended Good Samaritan Baptist Church in North Cape May for a baptismal service.

SO MANY SUBJECTS, so little time. I confess that I missed Flag Day, which was June 14.

Come on people, we are not a Muslim country. We are proud, free Americans. Sunday, June 14, was Flag Day in the United States.

GINA B. GOOD / PVT Members of the Pahrump Elks Lodge salute the flag. After the ceremony in honor of Flag Day, attendees enjoyed a red white and blue decorated cake for the 234th birthday of the U.S. Army.

Reid Liesinger, 14, of West Salem led fellow members of Boy Scout Troop 150 on Sunday in honoring the American flag.

When Adam Prentki III was serving the U.S. in the Persian Gulf War, he said the American flag began to take on new meaning.

Guests and members of the Loveland Elks Club honored the Stars and Stripes in a Flag Day ceremony Saturday.

Flag Day history On June 14, 1777 , the Continental Congress officially adopted Betsy Ross's banner of 13 stripes and 13 stars as the national flag.

Residents celebrated Flag Day on Saturday with a parade down Main Street and activities in the village park.

Typically, that means people retiring, not flags. But for flags, a dignified retirement involves being ceremonially burned, with the proper ritual.

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Managing editor Flag Day was celebrated at the Anoka County Head Start Center in Coon Rapids Monday.

You can print an online form at each Web site or send a letter with the following information for each flag requested: Your name, your address and phone number; the name you'd like on the certificate; the date flag is to be flown ; the occasion you are commemorating; any short inscription you would like on the certificate; the type of flag ...

It is the symbol that represents this great country. On June 14, 1777 the Continental Congress officially adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the official flag of the United States.

ROCKLAND : Members and officers of the Maine Elks Association held their annual Flag Day service on June 14 at the Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta.