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Today Is Flag Day

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Photo by Dave Freneaux
    On Veterans Day, 2010, the city held a flag raising ceremony at City Hall on Hooper Road.  The flag was brought by Rep. Bill Cassidy from its original location flying over our nation’s capitol in Washington D.C.  Rep. Bodi White and Cassidy’s Assistant Ron McNabb presented the flag, which was raised at City Hall in honor of our veterans.  In the photo above, veterans Richard Stoewer and Fred Rogers raised the flag.

        Flag Day has been celebrated on June 14th every year since 1885, when Wisconsin schoolteacher Bernard J. Cigrand began having his students recognize the birthday of our flag.  Flag Day became official with a proclamation by President Wilson in 1916.  In 1949, the U.S. Congress, under President Truman, passed legislation declaring June 14th to be National Flag Day.  Flag Day marks the day in 1777 that the Second Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the United States flag.  The flag has gone through several changes since then, but it still serves as a symbol of our country’s history and unity.  Everyone is encouraged to fly the American flag at their homes and to take a moment to remember its significance in our lives.