Thirteen Stars and Thirteen Stripes. It was on JUNE 14, 1777, that the Second Continental Congress selected the Flag of the United States. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson signed the Proclamation making JUNE 14 “National Flag Day.”
On Flag Day, 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt stated:
The belief in man, created free, in the image of God-is the crucial difference between ourselves and the enemies we face. God of the free grant us victory over the tyrants who would enslave all free men.
On JUNE 14, 1954, Dwight Eisenhower signed Joint Resolution (Public Law 396) adding the phrase “One Nation Under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Eisenhower stated:
From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural school house, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. To anyone who truly loves America, nothing could be more inspiring than this re-dedication of our youth, on each school morning, to our country’s true meaning.
President Eisenhower ended:
In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America’s heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource, in peace or in war.
All Americans know what the American flag looks like. Most of us pledged allegiance to it every day before school. It’s one of America’s greatest patriotic symbols. And it’s also the subject of our national anthem. It is so important that a whole day was set aside for it. If you want to learn more about the American flag, find background information on the flag’s history, and see examples of all the flag’s historical versions, here is a great site to check out:
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/misc/ourflag/titlepage.htm
You can learn proper flag etiquette and presentation, read patriotic writings mentioning the flag, and find out how to acquire flags for different occasions.
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Awesome! I love flying the American flag. It pisses off my illegal alien neighbors who fly the Mexican flag. I wish all states would implement what Arizona is doing so that we can get rid the jerks that do not support the United States of America.