Flag Day

Today is Flag Day, a day which commemorates the Continental Congress' resolution on June 14, 1777 that established the look of the first national flag. Since then, generations of Americans have celebrated the flag as a symbol of our God-given freedoms and God-blessed nation.

The first Flag Day celebration occurred in Wisconsin in 1885, when a schoolteacher and his students observed June 14th as "Flag Birthday," or "Flag Day." This idea inspired others around the nation to copy the practice and the celebrations grew in scope and number. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation calling for the national celebration of Flag Day, thus establishing it as a national event.

You can celebrate Flag Day by flying a flag at your home, attending a Flag Day celebration, or even simply talking to your friends and neighbors about this national holiday. Happy Flag Day!

You have given a banner to those who fear you,
to be displayed because of the truth. Psalm 60:4