June 14th - Honoring Our Flag and the US Army - Will John Kerry have the nerve to do either?

This Saturday, parades honoring the American Flag will be held in some places that still hold a shred of patriotism. Interestingly enough, June 14th is also Army Day, or the Birth of the U.S. Army. A bit of history follows in order to enlighten and to honor those who have fought so hard to protect so much, even to this day where the flag is held in contempt by those Progressives who would seek public office. It is best to remember that the flag is symbolic of the very struggle for liberty that has allowed citizens of such ilk as John Kerry, the ability to degrade both the flag and those who fought so bravely to defend life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag.
Since 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, Americans have commemorated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by celebrating June 14 as Flag Day. Prior to 1916, many localities and a few states had been celebrating the day for years. Congressional legislation designating that date as the national Flag Day was signed into law by President Harry Truman in 1949; the legislation also called upon the president to issue a Flag Day proclamation every year.
According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross to create a flag for the new nation. Scholars debate this legend, but agree that Mrs. Ross most likely knew Washington and sewed flags. To date, there have been twenty-seven official versions of the flag, but the arrangement of the stars varied according to the flag-makers' preferences until 1912 when President Taft standardized the then-new flag's forty-eight stars into six rows of eight. The forty-nine-star flag (1959-60), as well as the fifty-star flag, also have standardized star patterns. The current version of the flag dates to July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became the fiftieth state on August 21, 1959. from: The Library of Congress

Also,

The June 14 date is when Congress adopted "the American continental army" after reaching a consensus position in The Committee of the Whole. This procedure and the desire for secrecy account for the sparseness of the official journal entries for the day. The record indicates only that Congress undertook to raise ten companies of riflemen, approved an enlistment form for them, and appointed a committee (including Washington and Schuyler) to draft rules and regulations for the government of the army. The delegates' correspondence, diaries, and subsequent actions make it clear that they really did much more. They also accepted responsibility for the existing New England troops and forces requested for the defense of the various points in New York. The former were believed to total 10,000 men; the latter, both New Yorkers and Connecticut men, another 5,000. From: The History.Army.Mil

It is imperative that residents of the Bay State keep perspective when going to the polls in September and November.


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