A few American birthdays today — the U.S. Army (1775) and Old Glory (1777).
In 1777, the American flag was adopted by our Second Continental Congress. In 1916, President Wilson issues a proclamation officially requesting June 14 be a day celebrating, “emblem of the Union.”
He wrote:
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Every once in a while, we see stories about public schools banning the American flag from its students’ bicycles and automobiles. Every time the community pushes back against this sort of unreasonable policy, the policy suddenly changes, and the schools’ representatives make a statement declaring the flag sacred, the school patriotic,...
