Today is Flag Day: Remember It

Source: RedState | June 14, 2016 | Caleb Howe

Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation. – June 14, 1777, Continental Congress

Each June 14th we remember and honor the official adoption of our flag in 1777 by the Continental Congress. Legend has it the flag was commissioned by George Washington himself, and created by Betsy Ross.

The annual traditional June observance originated in a classroom in Wisconsin over 100 years later, in 1885. Bernard J. Cigrand, then a 19 year old teacher, “placed a 10 inch, 38- star flag in a bottle on his desk then assigned essays on the flag and its significance.” After many years of lobbying on Cigrand’s part, President Woodrow Wilson eventually issued a proclamation in 1916, calling for national observance of the holiday. In 1949, President Truman signed into law Congressional legislation designating June 14th as National Flag Day. The law also called for an annual Presidential proclamation.

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This year it has extra meaning. The American flag is at half-mast across the country. It is being held high in defiance and laid upon memorials. Today it symbolizes Orlando’s resolve in the face of terror. Our national resolve.

Even the vigorous debate pitting those who would blame guns against those who would blame terror is symbolized in this flag. In our national spirit of free speech, the exchange of ideas, of working together or even at cross-purposes, all as Americans. Democrat and Republican and Libertarian and Green Party member alike.

This is the purpose of a symbol is it not? That all who see it may know what it is about. That it be a light in a world of darkness. That those who suffer, those oppressed, those huddled masses yearning to be free, may see it and in it find hope.

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Today, and this week, don’t simply fly your flag. Remember why it is there, and how much has been sacrificed on its, and our, behalf.

God Bless America.

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  • Consistent June 14, 2016 at 11:50 am #7025

    Consistent June 14, 2016 at 6:39 pm #7030

    “The colors of our flag signify the qualities of the human spirit we Americans cherish: red for courage and readiness to sacrifice; white for pure intentions and high ideals; and blue for vigilance and justice.” – President Ronald Reagan ‪#‎FlagDay‬

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