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Flag Day, like other notable and patriotic celebrations, will be observed (once again) on June 14. Here's what we have learned about the holiday.
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...
Batavia holds its Flag Day celebration Saturday which included some new activities this year. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News) Jackie Buno of Palos Park and her husband Wayne came to the Flag ...
Three Oaks Flag Day takes place June 6-8 and claims to be the nation’s largest Flag Day celebration. Three Oaks is located in Berrien County in southwest Michigan near the Indiana border.
Students at two Mineola schools welcomed local veterans for special Flag Day celebrations. Adorned in red, white, and blue, ...
Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. While observed nationally, Flag Day is not a federal holiday, though Pennsylvania recognizes it as a state holiday. Flag Day, a ...
These fellows from the 1770s popped into the Lansdowne DAR Flag Day celebration and were very at home there, and didn’t at all seem to mind the oddly dressed people around them.
Three Oaks Flag Day takes place June 6-8 and claims to be the nation’s largest Flag Day celebration. Three Oaks is located in Berrien County in southwest Michigan near the Indiana border.