Flag Day 2010
Today I am flying the flag of the United States of America. This is “Flag Day” 2010. The Continental Congress, June 14th in 1779, adopted the Stars and Stripes as the National flag. The first flag day was in 1916, when Woodrow Wilson made a proclamation that officially established June 14th as “Flag Day.” In August of 1949, an Act of Congress established “National Flag Day.” The week of June 14 is designated as “National Flag Week.” During National Flag Week, the president (but probably not the one we have now) will issue a proclamation urging U.S. citizens to fly the American flag for the duration of that week. The flag should also be displayed on all Government buildings. Some organizations hold parades and events in celebration of America’s national flag and everything it represents.
TalkingSides.com: We all know the story of Betsy Ross stitching the first flag (which may or may not be 100% true according to historians). But especially on Flag Day we should also remember another part of our flag’s history. In 1767 the Sons of Liberty, an organization of American patriots, adopted their own flag of nine vertical stripes (5 red and 4 white). These stripes represented the nine colonies who attended the 1765 Stamp Act Congress which was the first organized American resistance to British rule. Many consider this Congress to be the genesis of our American government and that flag proudly represented the fact that, via their delegates, the people of those nine colonies stood up against what they believed was unfair.
Every day is “Flag Day” at The Patriot’s Flag.
With or without a proclamation from the President traditionally asking the USA flag be flow all week, we honor that tradition at The Patriot’s Flag and the USA flag will proudly fly on our front porch all week.
Political Protests and the Flag
We NEVER fly the USA Flag up-side-down as a “political protest.” We feel that is disrespectful to our national symbol and it will not happen here. It is not necessary to use the USA flag for “political protest” when there are so many other flags you can fly for that purpose. But there are many other historical patriot flags that have symbolic significance and can help you “make your point” without disgracing “Old Glory”.
The Flags we Fly, and Why …
Our USA flag flies on all designated USA patriotic holidays. (Memorial Day, Flag day (week), 4th of July, etc). It is also flown in times of national mourning with the black mourning ribbon attached to the staff. The rest of the time, we fly various Patriot Flags. The patriot flag flown indicates the “tenor” or “subject” of The Patriot’s Flag blog. The “ultimate” Patriot’s Flag is the flag of the United States of America.
- Gadsden Flag – When the subject is taxes, bailouts, USA financial discussions or Tea Parties
- 1st Navy Union Jack – Flown when Liberty is “threatened” (pending legislation, Executive order, etc)
- Ft Moultrie Flag – flown when there is “Liberty Risky discussion” … proposed legislation, etc.
- S.C. Flag – Flown when politics are relatively quiet and the day’s post is non-political
- S.C. Sovereignty Flag - Flown for 10th amendment posts or mentions of state sovereignty
- Sons of Liberty Flag – Flown when the post discusses Freedom or Liberty LOST
- Title of Liberty Flag – Flown when the posts shows Freedom and Liberty are maintained or strengthened
- Ribbons on the staff: Red Ribbons are added when Liberty is preserved, Black Ribbons when Liberty is lost.
