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The
Second Continental Congress determined the design of the American flag on
Saturday, June 14, 1777.
Within
the Papers of the Continental Congress the following is written:
Resolved that the flag of the
Thirteen United States
be 13 stripes alternate red and
white, that the union
be 13 stars white in a blue
field representing a new
constellation.
Thus
was born the famous Stars and Stripes, a flag design that evolved over time as
more states joined the Union. There
are now 50 stars where there were once 13, and the nation has witnessed 237
years of unique history. Much of
that history is documented in the military records. Flag
Day is now recognized on June 14, the “birthday” of the Stars and Stripes, as a
result of the efforts of a Wisconsin teacher,
Bernard John Cigrand. The National Flag
Day Foundation explains this on its webs In Waubeka, Wisconsin, in 1885, Bernard
John Cigrand nineteen-year-old teacher in a
one-room school placed a 10" 38-star flag in an
inkwell and had his students write on what the flag meant to them.
He called June 14th the flag’s
birthday. Stony Hill School is now a historical
site. From that day on, Bernard J. Cigrand
dedicated himself to inspire not only his students but also all
Americans in the real meaning and majesty of our flag. As
a result of Cigrand’s efforts., a Flag Day was officially proclaimed by
President Wilson in 1916 to be celebrated on the anniversary
of the Flag Resolution of 1777. It was
President Truman, however, who signed an Act of Congress on August
3, 1949, establishing June 14 as Flag Day in the United States.Copied from Fold3.com website
Joan
Summerfield ,Chairperson
NCDAR Flag of the United States of America
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