Flag Day

Dan had a couple of jobs to do today, trying to get some stuff out of the way before we head to Santa Barbara this week and I rode along with him. Took some magazines, the puzzles from the paper and my I-Pod. This first stop was the worst just because it took much longer then it should have and I didn't have a breeze where I was sitting. The rest of the day went very well and he finished up at about 1330.

We headed over to Waterford Lakes because his last job was off of Curry Ford and we were ready for lunch. Chose Chipotle's and it really hit the spot, I don't usually have lunch this late. Also stopped by the Scrapbook Store there to get some cardstock for the journaling in the Norway album. Then we headed home.

Chris arrived shortly after we got home but didn't stay long, did some stuff on the computer and then he was gone. Although he did get to see Andy, Nikki, Riley, and Kaleigh who stopped by to pick up some stuff I had for Nikki. They didn't stay long either because they had been out all day and fed Kaleigh her last bottle as so as they arrived and she wasn't happy with what she got and wanted more.

Another history lesson, this time about Flag Day.


June 14: 1777 : Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes

During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that "the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white" and that "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." The national flag, which became known as the "Stars and Stripes," was based on the "Grand Union" flag, a banner carried by the Continental Army in 1776 that also consisted of 13 red and white stripes. According to legend, Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross designed the new canton for the Stars and Stripes, which consisted of a circle of 13 stars and a blue background, at the request of General George Washington. Historians have been unable to conclusively prove or disprove this legend.

With the entrance of new states into the United States after independence, new stripes and stars were added to represent new additions to the Union. In 1818, however, Congress enacted a law stipulating that the 13 original stripes be restored and that only stars be added to represent new states.

On June 14, 1877, the first Flag Day observance was held on the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes. As instructed by Congress, the U.S. flag was flown from all public buildings across the country. In the years after the first Flag Day, several states continued to observe the anniversary, and in 1949 Congress officially designated June 14 as Flag Day, a national day of observance.

Always nice to learn about our history.