Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th, commemorating the day the first flag resolution was passed. On June 14, 1777, less than one year after Betsy Ross had received the order from General Washington to make the first flag, the Second Continental Congress passed a flag resolution stating:
Resolved, That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation stating that June 14 shall be National Flag Day, and in 1949, it was made official by an Act of Congress.
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore!”— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
This quote is from the final line in the poem entitled "The Voyage of the Good Ship Union" which details a metaphorical journey of a heroic ship, the Union, traveling south. The line indicates Homes' desire for a united country free from slavery.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr was an American physician, poet and polymath and grouped among the fireside poets. He was well known for his witty lectures at Harvard, medical research and teaching. He died October 7, 1894 in Boston at the age of 85.
Fun Recipe ! : American Flag Charcuterie Board
It is so easy to make this flag shaped Charcuterie board. While it looks impressive, you can make this in minutes. Make this an annual tradition that everyone will love.
Book Recommendation: Betsy Ross and the Making of America
Betsy Ross and the Making of America is the first comprehensively researched and elegantly written biography of one of America's most captivating figures of the Revolutionary War. Drawing on new sources and bringing a fresh, keen eye to the fabled creation of "the first flag," Marla R. Miller thoroughly reconstructs the life behind the legend. This authoritative work provides a close look at the famous seamstress while shedding new light on the lives of the artisan families who peopled the young nation and crafted its tools, ships, and homes.
Movie Recommendation: The Right Stuff
The time was the late 1940s. World War II had just ended and the United States was entering into a new kind of war, a Cold War. New technology and the development of high-speed aircraft became one of the centerpieces of this new kind of conflict. The race to space between the United States and the Soviet Union had just begun. The Right Stuff tells the heroic story of Chuck Yeager (the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound), the Flying Fraternity and the Mercury Astronauts – the first Americans in space. The bravery and daring exploits of these men captured the imagination of the American public during the 1940s and 1950s, and The Right Stuff re-creates these breathtaking events in emotionally riveting and suspenseful detail.
This film won 4 1984 Academy Awards including Best Sound and Original Score. Featuring Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager and Ed Harris as John Glenn.
Travel Recommendation: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota
