We Would Like to Wish You a Happy 4th of July!

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind...

Our Flag’s Birthday is June 14

On May 30, 1916 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that June 14 was to be the official Flag Day. In August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress. The day is the anniversary of the June 14th, 1777 adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. However, the first offical national Flag Day was in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes. That...

Memorial Day Poppies

Memorial Day and Poppies Memorial Day, originally called “Decoration Day,” was first celebrated on May 30th, 1868, to honor those (Union) soldiers who died in the American Civil War (the South had their own memorials at that time). After World War I, the day became one to honor all Americans who died fighting any war. But why the poppies? Poppy seeds lie dormant in the soil, and heavily turning or digging up the...

The Flag That Couldn’t Fly

  The flag pictured above couldn’t fly, but it flew anyway–from inbox to inbox and heart to heart–in the summer of 2002. Many of you may have seen it before. The 2002 floral flag in Lompoc, CA was 740′ wide and 390′ high. It was planted by the Bodger Seed Company, as a tribute for the Flag Day (June 14) after September 11, 2001. The flag took up 6.65 acres. Each star was 24′ in diameter...