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Timelines of Liberty
Our Flag & Flag Day |
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Development and history
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The
American
Flag
Old Glory - Ensign - Standard - Banner - Emblem
- Colours -
Red, White, and Blue
- Colors -
Stars and Stripes
- Star Spangled Banner
National emblem -
Pennant -
National Ensign
The United States Flag |
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The
Flag of Liberty
It is unknown who
designed the American Flag with the red and white stripes but the stripes
first showed with the British union jack in the upper left corner to
show allegiance to the crown yet making a statement as to an
individual identity of the colonies.
It is believed that the thirteen stars and thirteen
stripes was first designed by Congressman Francis Hopkinson and
that it was Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress, who actually
was commissioned to construct the first one. Others say
Congressman Francis Hopkinson and Betsy Ross each, produced a flag independently
and that Hopkinson's was the first. However, whatever the
truth, it will be the Betsy Ross flag
that becomes legend.
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Colonial |
Various flags were used among the colonies and
often reflected the confrontations with the wilderness. Bears,
beavers, rattlesnakes and other images became the insignias of
the flags. Mottos were often added to the design;
"Hope," "Liberty," "Appeal to
Heaven," or "Don't Tread on Me." |
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War |
Numerous colonial and regimental flags were
designed and used during the Revolutionary War. |
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1776 |
Displayed |
On January 1 the
Grand Union Flag is displayed on Prospect Hill. It has 13
alternate red and white stripes with the
British Union Jack in the upper left-hand corner. It will
be decided that severing ties with England requires the removal
of the British Union Jack. |
| 1776 |
Ross |
Betsy Ross makes the first American Flag.
The Betsy Ross flag has 13
stripes alternating red and white with a field of blue in the
upper left corner containing a circle of thirteen stars. |
| 1777 |
Design
Rules |
A resolution in Congress sets the
design of the American Flag, "the Flag of the United States
be 13 stripes alternate red and white," and that "the
Union be 13 stars white in a blue field representing a new
constellation." |
| 1777 |
Design |
As no official
pattern for the stars had been set, the Third
Maryland Regiment
used a pattern that had a circle of 12 stars with one star in
the center. It is known as the Battle of Cowpens Flag as it was
flown at that battle in South Carolina in 1781. That actual flag
hangs, today, in the Maryland State House. |
| 1777 |
Battle
Exibit |
At the Battle of
Bennington two flags were flown. The Fillmore Flag was taken
home and passed down through Millard Fillmore and is now on
display at Vermont's Bennington Museum. This design has two
stars in the upper corners of the blue union with the numbers
"76" under an arch of 11 stars. |
| 1777 |
Battle |
At the Battle of
Bennington two flags were flown. the Bennington flag described
above and the other had a green field and a blue
canton with 13 gold-painted stars arranged in rows. |
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1779 |
Music |
Frances Scott Key,
author of "The Star Spangled Banner", was born on
August 1st in Frederick,
Maryland.
Next Anthem entry |
| 1781 |
Battle |
The Battle of
Cowpens Flag (1777) got its name for being
flown by the Third
Maryland Regiment at the Battle of Cowpens in
South
Carolina. |
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1787 |
Expedition |
The American Flag
is carried on the sailing vessel of Captain
Robert Gray around the tip of South America, to China, and
beyond. He discovered and
named the Columbia River after his ship. His
discovery became the
basis of America's claim to the
Oregon Territory. |
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1794 |
Stars |
The 1795 Flag was
adopted to include those states more recently added to the
union, Vermont and
Kentucky. It had 15 Stars and 15 Stripes. |
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1806 |
Display |
The "Stars and Strips" was first raised
in
Kansas in September, 1806 by a Pawnee Indian
Chief.
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| 1814 |
Music
Anthem |
Francis Scott Key
writes the "The Star-Spangled Banner." He sets it
meter to the tune of "Anacreon in Heaven". It officially
becomes the national anthem in 1931.
- See 1931. |
| 1814 |
Spangled
Banner
Music
Anthem |
The inspiration
for our National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner flag was commissioned
by Major
George Armistead, Fort McHenry Commander. Passed down and
preserved by the
Armistead family it was given to the Smithsonian Institution in 1912. It is now on exhibit at the National Museum of American
History.
- Fort
McHenry Monument |
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1818 |
Design |
Congress, on April
4th, mandated that
the number of stripes be fixed at 13 and that one new star was
to be added for each new state effective the July 4th following
admission. |
| 1818 |
Stars |
The 1818 flag
reflects 20 states in the union with the adding of
Tennessee,
Ohio,
Louisiana,
Indiana and Mississippi. On July 4th three star
configurations were simultaneously used. One had 4 rows of
5 stars. Another had four rows of 5 stars with the 2nd and 4th
row indented. The third known as the Grand Star Flag had
the 20 stars arranged to outline one larger star. |
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1819 |
Stars |
One star is added to
the American Flag for the admission of the state of
Illinois. |
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1820 |
Stars |
Two more stars
added for
Alabama and
Maine, now totaling 23. This was the
first flag planted on Pikes Peak. |
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1822 |
Stars |
One star added to
the American Flag makes
24, one more for
Missouri. |
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1829 |
Music |
"My Country 'Tis of
Thee" was sung for the first time at the Park Street Church in
Boston,
Massachusetts on July 4, 1829. |
| 1831 |
Old Glory |
Captain
William Driver, a shipmaster of Salem,
Massachusetts,
coins the name "Old Glory". Preparing for
another of his voyages aboard the brig CHARLES DOGGETT he was
presented with a flag of twenty four stars. Gloriously unfurling
to the ocean breeze, Captain Driver in patriotic exclaim cries
"Old Glory!"
- 1837 - 1862 |
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1836 |
Stars |
For
Arkansas one
more star. The U.S. Flag now
numbers
25 stars. |
| 1837 |
Stars |
The U.S. Flag now
has
26
stars with the addition of
Michigan. |
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1837 |
Old Glory |
Retiring
in Nashville Captain
William Driver brings
his treasured flag from his sea days with him. "Old
Glory" became known by many around Nashville. When
Tennessee seceded from the Union, Rebel soldiers sought to
destroy "Old Glory". Repeated searches failed to
produce the banner. - 1831
- 1862 |
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1845 |
Stars |
Florida's admission
to the Union increases
the stars on the flag to 27. |
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1846 |
Stars |
The 1846 Flag had
28 stars with the addition of
Texas. One design has 4 rows of 7
stars in the union. |
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1847 |
Stars |
The 29 Star Flag
adds one more star for
Iowa as a state. |
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1848 |
Stars |
The 30 Star Flag
adds yet another star for
Wisconsin. |
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1851 |
Stars |
California brings
the flag to 31 stars. |
| 1854 |
Music |
John Philip Sousa
is born on November 6th in Washington
D. C.. In 1896
John Philip Sousa will compose "The Stars and Stripes
Forever". - 1896
- 1897
- 1932 |
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1861 |
Stars |
The 1861 Flag had
34 Stars in the blue union accounting for
Kansas. Lincoln,
in the face of states seceding from the Union, refused to allow
removal of any stars. |
| 1861 |
Confed. |
The first
Confederate flag is flown in Montgomery,
Alabama; the Stars and
Bars. |
| 1862 |
Old Glory |
Union forces
captured Nashville,
Tennessee and raised the American flag over the
capital. People began asking Captain Driver if "Old
Glory" still existed. With Union soldiers to accompany him
Captain Driver went home and ripping at the seams of his
bedcover exposed the 24-star "Old Glory"!
- 1831
- 1837 |
| 1862 |
Old Glory |
At sixty years of
age Captain Driver climbed the capitol tower to fly his Old
Glory as the Sixth Ohio Regiment cheered and saluted.
Captain Driver is buried in the old Nashville Cemetery and by an
act of Congress is the 3rd place authorized to fly the flag 24
hours a day. - 1831
- 1837 - 1862 |
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1862 |
Music |
The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward
Howe is first published in the Atlantic Monthly. |
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1863 |
Stars |
Flag with 35 is
Authorized stars
with the addition of
West Virginia. |
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1867 |
Stars |
Flag with 37 stars
with the addition of
Nebraska. |
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1869 |
Stamp |
The first time the
American Flag is displayed on a postage stamp. |
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1877 |
Stars |
Flag
with 38 stars, one for the admission of
Colorado. |
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1885 |
Flag Day |
The concept of a
day to celebrate the flag is thought to have originated with BJ
Cigrand, a schoolteacher who arranged for students in the
Fredonia,
Wisconsin School District to observe June 14 as a flag
birthday. June 14 is the 108th anniversary of the adoption
of the Stars and Stripes. Over the next several years Cigrand
continues to advocate the observance in magazines and newspapers
and public addresses. |
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1889 |
Flag Day |
A New York
kindergarten teacher, George Balch, organized ceremonies for the
children of his school. His Flag Day was later adopted by
New York's State Board of Education. |
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1890 |
Stars |
Flag
with 43 stars, adding one more star for each new state, North
Dakota, South
Dakota,
Montana,
Washington and
Idaho. |
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1891 |
Stars |
Flag
with 44 stars, one star for the admission of
Wyoming. |
| 1891 |
Flag Day |
The Betsy Ross
House in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania held a Flag Day celebration on June 14. |
| 1892 |
Flag Day |
New York Society
of the Sons of the Revolution, celebrated Flag Day on June 14. |
| 1892 |
Pledge |
The "Pledge
of Allegiance" is
written by Francis Bellamy and first
published in "The Youth's Companion," The words,
"under God" were added on June 14, 1954. |
| 1892 |
Pledge |
Original (1892)
Version of the "Pledge of Allegiance"
- 1923
- 1954
I Pledge Allegiance to my flag
and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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| 1892 |
Pledge |
The reciting of
the "Pledge
of Allegiance"
is born when
published in The Youth's Companion magazine, with suggested
words (entry
above) for students to repeat on the
next Columbus Day. |
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1893 |
Flag Day |
At the
suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach, historian of the
Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the Pennsylvania Society
of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopts a
resolution requesting the mayor of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; others in
authority; and private citizens to display the Flag on June 14th. |
| 1893 |
Flag Day |
Colonel J
Granville Leach, historian of the Pennsylvania Society of the
Sons of the Revolution, recommends that every June 14th be known
as 'Flag Day'. He further suggests that on that day, school
children be assembled for appropriate exercises, giving each
child a small Flag. |
| 1893 |
Flag Day |
On May 8th, the
Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the
Revolution unanimously endorsed the Flag resolution of the
Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames. |
| 1893 |
Flag Day |
Dr. Edward Brooks,
Superintendent of Philadelphia Public Schools, directs that Flag
Day exercises be held June 14, in Independence Square. Students
were assembled, each carrying a small Flag, patriotic songs were
sung and speeches delivered. |
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1894 |
Flag Day |
New York's
governor issues a directive that on June 14 the Flag is to be
displayed on all public buildings. |
| 1894 |
Flag Day |
The American Flag
Day Association is organized to promote Flag Day and the holding
of appropriate exercises. |
| 1894 |
Flag Day |
Under the auspices
of the American Flag Day Association, the first general public
school children's celebration of Flag Day is held in
Chicago,
Illinois. More than 300,000 children participated in
ceremonies at Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and
Washington Parks on June 14th. |
| 1896 |
Stars |
Utah's admission
adds another star to the Flag for a
total of 45 stars. |
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1896 |
Music |
John Philip Sousa,
the King of March, gains the inspiration to write "The
Stars and Stripes Forever" while on a return voyage
from a European vacation with his wife. - 1854 - 1897
- 1932 |
| 1897 |
Music |
On May 14 the
"Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa was
performed for the first time in Philadelphia. - 1854
- 1896 - 1932 |
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1908 |
Stars |
The 46 Star Flag
is adopted requiring 46 stars one for the 46th state of
Oklahoma. |
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1909 |
Expedition |
Robert
Peary's wife sews the Flag he places at the North Pole. |
| 1912 |
Stars |
New
Mexico and
Arizona brings the total of states to 48, An
official arrangement of the stars in the blue union is set with
the 48 Star
Flag. |
| 1912 |
Design
Rules |
On June 24, 1912
President Taft by Executive Order established proportional attributes
for the American Flag. The star arrangement is set to be
in 6 horizontal rows of 8 stars requiring that 1 point of each
to be upward. Previously
there was not a particular design as long as the stars equaled the
number specified. |
| 1912 |
Spangled
Banner
Exibit |
The Star-Spangled Banner
Flag, commissioned
by Major
George Armistead in 1814
is given to the Smithsonian Institution. It is now on exhibit at the National Museum of American
History. |
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1914 |
Flag Day |
Franklin K. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior, delivered a Flag Day address saying
the Flag spoke to him that morning: "I am what you make me;
nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of
color, a symbol of yourself." |
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1916 |
Flag Day |
After 30 years of
state and local celebrations, President Woodrow
Wilson, by Proclamation establishes Flag Day, the anniversary of
the 1777 Flag Resolution. |
| 1923 |
Flag Day |
President Woodrow
Wilson proclaims a day of national celebration calling it Flag
Day. |
| 1923 |
Pledge |
The first National
Flag Conference is held in Washington
D.C., on June14. It
was resolved that for clarity, the words "the Flag of the
United States" replace "my flag" in the Pledge of
Allegiance. All other subsequent suggested changes were never
formally adopted. |
| 1923 |
Pledge |
2nd Version of the
"Pledge of Allegiance" - 1892
- 1954
I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the
United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. |
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1927 |
Proclaim |
The U.S. Congress issues a
resolution that requests
President Calvin Coolidge to issue a proclamation that the
U.S. Flag is to be displayed on all
government buildings on November 11th and invite the people to
observe Armistice Day in Schools and Churches. |
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1931 |
Music
Anthem |
"The
Star-Spangled Banner", words by Francis Scott Key, officially becomes the national anthem.
Key's poem was placed to the tune of "Anacreon in Heaven". |
| 1932 |
Music |
At 77 years of
age, John Philip Sousa
dies after a rehearsal where he conducted his last piece,
"The Stars and Stripes Forever", for the Ringgold Band
in Reading, Pennsylvania.
- 1854
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1941 |
Exibit |
The home of Betsy
Ross, known as the American Flag House, was given to the city of
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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1942 |
Pledge |
The Pledge
of Allegiance is officially recognized by the U. S. Congress.
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1943 |
Pledge |
The Supreme Court
rules that school children can not be forced to recite the
Pledge of Allegiance. Laws that encourage the recitation
of the Pledge of Allegiance in the classroom exist in only half
of the States.
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1948 |
Rules |
Presidential
Proclamation No.2795, July 2, authorizes that the United States
Flag may be flown 24 hours a day at the Fort McHenry National
Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore,
Maryland.
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1949 |
Flag Day |
It was established
by Congress, on August 3, 1949, that each year a National Flag Day is to be proclaimed,
by the President, to be observed on
June 14. (63 Stat. 492),
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| 1954 |
Rules |
Public Law 83-319, March 26
authorizes that the United States Flag may be flown 24 hours a
day at the Flag House Square, Albemarle and Pratt Streets,
Baltimore
Maryland. |
| 1954 |
Pledge |
Congress enacts that the words "under God"
be added to the "Pledge of Allegiance." President
Dwight D. Eisenhower said "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 and war." |
| 1954 |
Pledge |
Today's Version of the
"Pledge of Allegiance" - 1892
- 1923
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America and to the Republic
for which it stands, one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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1958 |
Stars
Exhibit |
With talk of
Alaska and
Hawaii
becoming states Robert Heft designed the arrangement of the
current 50 Star Flag as a school project. 45 years later
it is his hope that should a 51st state be admitted that his 51
star design be adopted. The first 50 Star Flag, constructed by
Heft, has flown over
every state capital building and over 88 U.S. embassies with a
patch to evidence the attack on the embassy in Saigon in 1967.
It also is the only flag to have flown over the Whitehouse
during the terms of five different Presidents. |
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1959 |
Stars |
The admission of
Alaska
as a state, facilitates the 49 Star Flag. |
| 1959 |
Stars |
President Eisenhower, on
January 3, 1959 by Executive Order, provides that the stars be
arranged in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered
horizontally and vertically.
The 2nd, 3rd, and 5th rows of stars are indented. The 49th star
was added for
Alaska's entry to the Union. |
| 1959 |
Stars |
Hawaii becomes the 50th state
on August 21, 1959, requiring the addition of the 50th star. |
| 1959 |
Stars
Rules |
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, on August
21, 1959 by Executive Order, provides that the stars be arranged
in nine rows staggered horizontally and eleven columns of stars
staggered vertically. The nine rows alternate with 6 and 5 stars with the row of 5 stars
indented. |
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1960 |
Stars |
On July 4th the 50-star flag makes
its debut in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. A 50th star was added to the American
flag in honor of
Hawaii's admission into the Union . |
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1961 |
Rules |
Presidential Proclamation
No.3418, June 12, authorizes that the United States Flag may be
flown 24 hours a day at the United States Marine Corp Memorial (Iwo
Jima) in Arlington,
Virginia. |
|
1963 |
Expedition |
Barry Bishop plants the
American Flag upon the success of his ascent to the top of Mount
Everest. |
|
1965 |
Rules |
Public Law 89-335, approved
November 8, authorizes
that the United States Flag may be flown 24 hours a day at the
On the Green of the Town of Lexington,
Massachusetts. |
|
1966 |
Week |
A joint resolution of Congress on June 9th, 1966, requests the
president declare the week June, 14th, as National Flag Week.
The proclamation is to call upon American Citizens to display
the flag during the week. (80 Stat. 194) |
| ? |
Week + |
At some point Congress approves 89 Statute 211 that calls for
a time to honor America with public gatherings, activities from
Flag Day to Independence Day. |
|
1969 |
Expedition |
Neil Armstrong plants the
American Flag
on the moon on July 20th. |
|
1970 |
Rules |
Presidential Proclamation
No.4000, September 4, authorizes
that the United States Flag may be flown 24 hours a day at the The
White House, Washington, D.C.. |
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1971 |
Rules |
Presidential Proclamation
No.4064, July 6, authorizes that the United States Flag may be
flown 24 hours a day at the Washington Monument, Washington,
D.C.. |
| 1971 |
POW/MIA |
Mrs. Mary
Hoff, an MIA wife and member of the National League of American
Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, recognized the need for
a flag symbol to honor POW/MIAs. She contacted Norman Rivkees,
Vice-President of Annin & Company who helped design and put
into production the POW/MIA flag. |
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1972 |
Rules |
Presidential Proclamation
No.4131, May 5, authorizes
that the United States Flag may be flown 24 hours a day at
United States Customs Ports of Entry. |
| 1982 |
Proclaim |
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United
States of America, do hereby designate June 14, 1982, as Flag
Day and the week beginning June 13, 1982, as National Flag Week,
and I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to
display the flag on all Government buildings during that week. I
urge all Americans to observe Flag Day, June 14, and Flag Week
by flying the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other
suitable places.
I also urge the American people to celebrate those days from
Flag Day through Independence Day, set aside by Congress as a
time to honor America, by having public gatherings and
activities at which they can honor their country in an
appropriate manner.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th. day of
May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and sixth.
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President Ronald Reagan |
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1975 |
Rules |
Public Law 94-53, approved July
4, authorizes that the
United States Flag may be flown 24 hours a day at the Grounds of
the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge State Park, Valley
Forge,
Pennsylvania. |
|
1995 |
Burning |
Attempts to make criminal the
burning of the American Flag by Constitutional Amendment is
defeated in the Senate. |
|
2001 |
9-11-01 |
Terrorists hijack airliners and
fly them into the New York Trade Towers and the Pentagon in
Washington D.C. on September 11. The Flag is ordered to be
flown at half-staff in mourning for the over 3000 people killed.
- PoetPatriot's 9-11 Tribute |
| 2001 |
9-11-01 |
September 11 is designated to
be "Patriot Day" by Congress. -Public Law
107-89 - 2003 |
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2002 |
Pledge |
The required reciting in public
schools of the Pledge of Allegiance is declared unconstitutional by
a federal appeals court because of the words "under
God" inserted by Congress in 1954. |
| 2002 |
Display |
Bodger Seeds, in tribute
to the tragedy of September 11, 2001 in Lompoc,
California, plants its
first floral Flag in 50 years. There have been only three
previous Floral Flags by Bodger Seeds. The Bodger Flag was
in full bloom on July 4, 2002.
The 2002 Badger Floral Flag is
6.65 acres; 740 feet long and 390 feet wide, maintaining the
proper Flag dimensions as described in Executive Order #10834 - Picture |
| 2002 |
Navy Jack |
The Secretary of the Navy, Gordon
R. England, orders the First Navy Jack to be flown on all U.S.
Navy ships for the duration of the War on Terrorism. The first navy Jack
consisted of 13 alternating red and white stripes bearing
diagonally across them a rattlesnake in the slithering position
with the motto "Don't Tread On Me."
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| 2003 |
9-11 |
George W. Bush, by proclamation
orders the Flag half-staff on Patriot Day, September 11, in honor
of those killed in the towers and at the Pentagon on September
11, 2001. - 2001 |
| 2003 |
Proclaim |
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2003, as Flag Day
and the week beginning June 8, 2003, as National Flag Week. I
direct the appropriate officials to display the flag on all
Federal Government buildings during that week, and I urge all
Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by flying
the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other suitable
places. I also call upon the people of the United States to
observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day
through Independence Day, also set aside by the Congress (89
Stat. 211), as a time to honor America, to celebrate our
heritage in public gatherings and activities, and to publicly
recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States
of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day
of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-seventh.
-
President George W. Bush |
|
2004 |
Proclaim |
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2004, as Flag Day
and the week beginning June 13, 2004, as National Flag Week. I
direct the appropriate officials to display the flag on all
Federal Government buildings during that week, and I urge all
Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by flying
the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other suitable
places. I also call upon the people of the United States to
observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day
through Independence Day, also set aside by the Congress, as a
time to honor America, to celebrate our heritage in public
gatherings and activities, and to publicly recite the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day
of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-eighth.
-
President George W. Bush
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| 2004 |
Pledge |
The Supreme Court declines to
hear a case brought by Michael Newdow, challenging the Pledge of
Allegiance phrase, "One Nation under God." |
|
2005 |
Half-Staff
Disaster |
The The American Flag is flown
at half-staff January 2nd to the 8th after a death toll of
greater than 100,000 in the world's greatest natural disaster
in recorded history. After an earthquake in the ocean
depths, violent tsunamis struck the lands that surround the
Indian Ocean. |
|
2005 |
Half-Staff
Disaster |
The American Flag is flown at
half-staff for one month after
Hurricane Katrina hits
Mississippi and
Louisiana causing the
greatest Natural Disaster in American History.
See the
Hurricane TimeLine at this
site. |
|
2006 |
Proclaim |
"NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United
States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2006, as Flag Day
and the week beginning June 11, 2006, as National Flag Week. I
direct the appropriate officials to display the flag on all
Federal Government buildings during that week, and I urge all
Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by flying
the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other suitable
places. I also call upon the people of the United States to
observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day
through Independence Day, also set aside by the Congress (89
Stat. 211), as a time to honor America, to celebrate our
heritage in public gatherings and activities, and to publicly
recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States
of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day
of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
thirtieth."
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http://www.navyjack.info/war.html http://www.usflag.org/pledgeofallegiance.html
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http://www.usflag.org/flag.day.html -
http://www.usflag.org/old.glory.story.html
- http://www.usflag.org/five.flags.html
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http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/starflag.htm
- http://foundingfathers.info/American-flag/Revolution.htm
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http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagfact.html
- http://www.factmonster.com/spot/flagdaytimeline1.html
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http://www.usflag.org/flag.evolution.html
- http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/flag.htm
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http://www.dws.org/sousa/about.htm -
http://www.cityofboston.gov/freedomtrail/parkstreet.asp -
http://timelines.ws/states/PENNSYLVANIA.HTML -
http://www.ku.edu/heritage/owk/128/lineoftime.html -
http://www.keithhamiltoncobb.com/board/showthread.php?p=140272
- http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagpics.html
http://www.bcpl.net/~etowner/anthem.html
- http://www.usflag.org/pow.mia.html
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http://www.espseeds.com/aboutesp/floralflag.htm -
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060606-3.html
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