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Remember Flag Day!

It's one week from today! Do you remember all the significant “little” holidays when you are suppose to fly the American Flag? Please, don’t forget June 14^th is Flag Day. We are planning on flying our flag on our little homestead that day- won’t you?!

Learn more about this patriotic holiday at www.flagday.org  This wonderful website is brimming with helpful information. On it’s homepage it lets us know what the status is for flag flying on this date. Today we are to fly our flags at Full Staff.

According to the site- we are all, as Americans, to pause and recite the Pledge of Allegiance at 7 pm EDT on June 14^th. 2006 marks the 27^th Annual Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance. The week that June 14^th falls on is also National Flag Week and so we should all be flying the Red, White and Blue all week long.
I would like to share with you this quote found on the site:

"The last change in the Pledge of Allegiance occurred on June 14

(Flag Day), 1954 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved adding

the words "under God". As he authorized this change he said: 'In

this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in

America's heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly

strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's

most powerful resource in peace and war.'"

Hmm. Couldn’t have said it better myself!

We are starting today

7:08 AM, 2006-Jun-8 .. Posted by mominpa

to prepare dc (3 and 5) to have some 'flag knowledge" I found the neatest little books and even a video at the library. We are making flag cookies, and a flag cake...and of course will LEARN the pledge between now and next week (definitly by the 4th of July).

I have a few links to some Flag day ideas on my blog... even a neat unit study type thing...

Oh, Thank you!

3:22 PM, 2006-Jun-8 .. Posted by YPAmy5

How wonderful! Thanks for letting me know about the links!
Amy W