Flag Day (June 14)

• took this pic today while out
   on my excursion....
  Today is FLAG DAY!!!  
  The photo is mine but
   took the writing out of
   The paper today in  1777
   that the US adopted the Stars and Stripes of
   the  American Flag.
  

  Flag Day traditions began in 1885 but became nationally

   recognized in 1949 after President Truman passed an act..

  
  

  Also here is some information that I found to be very interesting
  

   there are flag violations::hanging the flag in the wrong direction

      Hanging either vertically or horizantally the blue field **MUST 

  ALWAYS BE ON THE TOP LEFT*** and flying the flag without 

  lighting at night...unless it can be properly lit.   If you are flying the 

  flag at home or at a business it should be taken down at dusk

   if it cannot be lit at night.  

  
  

  Our Flag should not be hung out during bad weather **so that it can stay

   clean and prevent damage to it.

  
  

  And last but not least   it is acceptable to wear an emblem of the American Flag

   attached to clothing but the flag itself should never be worn.

  
  

  So next time you see our Flag blowing in the breeze, think of today

   June 14th and stand proud and tall as our forefathers did

   several hundred years ago.

  
  

  More info on the American Flag Legions Website   www.legion.org