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HAPPY FLAG DAY

Oznell — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:38:48 GMT

Historic poster from 1917 Flag Day:

Unforgettable raising of the flag:

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Carolina925 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:51:43 GMT

Our flag flies on my home each and every day; I love seeing my neighbors doing the same.

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godi — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:57:07 GMT

We too always have our flag flying proudly. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️

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4kitties — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:22:43 GMT

And our flag is out and flying proudly!!

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walker — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:55:02 GMT

Ditto here....sunrise to sunset our flag is out. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Did you know the a properly folded flag has 13 folds and each fold has a meaning? I did not....just read an article on it and need to Google for more info. Sun shining and flag flying.....beautiful!

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Carolina925 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:39:02 GMT

@walker , I knew all that at one time. When I was in grade school, we raised, lowered, and folded the flag each day. It was a real honor for those chosen to do that. We had student crossing guards that were chosen to raise and lower the flag...and we even had badges! Different times, happy memories.

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Oznell — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:33:13 GMT

Those are such good memories, @Carolina925 , thanks for sharing. One of my favorites is, when my son was little, the parents were invited for an informal, in-classroom concert of patriotic songs the kids had prepared. Will never forget those fresh little faces, and their enthusiastic rendition of George M. Cohan's classic, "You're a Grand Old Flag".

".....You're a grand old flag/ You're a high-flying flag/ And forever in peace may you wave/ You're the emblem of/ The land I love/ The home of the free and the brave...."

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vsm — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:41:32 GMT

My apartment looks out over Iwo Jima -- I treasure that view every day. Thanks for the photos, @Oznell -- they are visual reminders of how fortunate we are and grateful we should be to all who fought and died under that flag.

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Patriot3 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:47:18 GMT

I fly mine every day!! Such a beautiful flag with so much meaning. So grateful for our freedoms.......may we never lose them!

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newname0 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:04:46 GMT

We got married on Flag Day 46 years ago today!

We can't every forget Flag Day.

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golding76 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:15:04 GMT

According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross to create a flag for the new nation. Scholars, however, credit the flag’s design to Francis Hopkinson, who also designed the Great Seal and first coin of the United States. Even so, Ross most likely met Washington and certainly sewed early American flags in her family’s Philadelphia upholstery shop. To date, there have been twenty-seven official versions of the flag, but the arrangement of the stars varied according to the flag-makers’ preferences until 1912 when President Taft standardized the then-new flag’s forty-eight stars into six rows of eight. The forty-nine-star flag (1959-60), as well as the fifty-star flag, also have standardized star patterns. The current version of the flag dates to July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became the fiftieth state on August 21, 1959.

To honor the promise of the United States and my immigrant father, I am wearing the American flag pin he proudly gifted me about six decades ago. I do this every year.

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lil sophie — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:05:44 GMT

Lily of the

Happy anniversary on this Flag Day!

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Carolina925 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:01:38 GMT

@Oznell , that must've been very special. I love to see kids get excited as I am about our flag. Makes me tear up just thinking of that! We were taught to honor our flag, I don't think they teach that any longer sadly.

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Oznell — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:29:40 GMT

Yes, Happy Anniversary, @newname0 !

Wow, @vsm , I'm struck by your location-- how interesting to have a view of Iwo Jima from one's own window!

@Carolina925, yes, that must have been about 15 years ago that that occurred, as I think he was about six. Hoping that there are still places that emphasize these vital civic values. He was lucky then to have a teacher who played piano beautifully and must have had a strong patriotic sentiment. She organized the whole thing on her own, I believe.

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Jackson08 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:32:27 GMT

@Carolina925 Same here. I remember standing out in front of the school every morning (when there wasn't bad weather). It's a fond memory.

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lovesrecess — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:43:32 GMT

We must always respect Old Glory. I taught school for 35 years and retired 6 yrs ago. Every day, we said the pledge and had a flag hanging in my classroom. We line our long sidewalk with flags on the fourth and do smaller flags closer to the house on other holidays like Veterans Day and Memorial Day. Have no place for a flagpole or large flag, but we still honor our flag.

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ScarletDove — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:55:36 GMT

I fly my American flag every day...proud and patriotic!

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MorningLover — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:25:03 GMT

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PreKteacher — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:53:17 GMT

Happy flag day! God bless the USA!

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SeaMaiden — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 01:06:38 GMT

Never heard about it at all...never saw one flag displayed on my walk today. Not even the TV news said anything about it being flag day. Oh well...