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Flag Day

Today is Flag Day! On this day in 1777 the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution, which designated the first official American flag. The first flag, which featured thirteen stars and thirteen stripes, has become known as the “Betsy Ross flag,” but it is uncertain whether Betsy Ross actually created the original design. Did you know that there have been twenty-seven different American flags over the course of our nation’s history? The one we use today, which features fifty stars, became our national emblem in 1960.

President Woodrow Wilson designated Flag Day as an official holiday in 1916. However, the idea of an annual celebration of the flag dates back to 1885 when schoolteacher Bernard J. Cigrand held the first known Flag Day.

To celebrate Flag Day, decorate your home with an American flag and start brainstorming party ideas for the 4th of July!

Today is also National Stawberry Shortcake Day

June is Gay Pride Month & Great Outdoors Month

This week is National Flag Week

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History for June 14  1777 - The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the national flag of the United States. 1900 - Hawaii became a U.S. territory. 1922 - Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be heard on radio. The event was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key memorial at Fort McHenry. 1951 - "Univac I" was unveiled. It was a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's first commercial computer. 1965 - Bob Dylan recorded "Like A Rolling Stone." _________________________________________________________ "As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge." --Henry Van Dyke