The LuLac Edition #1639, June 14th, 2011
PHOTO INDEX: FLAG DAY.
FLAG DAY 2011
Today is Flag Day, when we Americans celebrate the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the nation's banner by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, We recollect and reflect on the flag's importance as a symbol of "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
The symbolic power of the flag is illustrated in stories from many aspects of our nation's history.
During the War of 1812 Francis Scott Key was exhilarated when he saw the Stars and Stripes still flying over Fort McHenry's defenders of Baltimore Harbor. He wrote of the experience in "The Star-Spangled Banner," which has inspired listeners and vexed singers for two centuries. But perhaps the most inspiring is when we realize what the Flag means, freedom. It is also a symbol of our perseverance as a nation.
posted by David Yonki @ 7:18 PM
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2 Comments:
I once had a student who believed that the stars on the flag only served to be decorative. She did not know that each star represented a state...such is the state of education nowadays.
She also believed that Mount Rushmore was a natural phenomenon...
The Mount Rushmore remark was a joke, although I would not be surprised if it had happened. Even old fogies like myself have a sense of humor.
Class Dismissed!!!
Professor, were you able to name the states represented by the stars?
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