Friday, June 14, 2013

Happy Flag Day



The first proposal for an annual observation of the birth of the American Flag came from Bernard Cigrand in 1886. Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation for a nationwide observance of Flag Day on June 14, 1916 but the holiday didn’t become official until 1949 when Harry Truman signed the holiday into law.

Happy birthday, Stars and Stripes!

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