From the June 7, 2017, Hi-Liter "A salute to the flag" by Sandra Machaj.
In 1949, President harry Truman declared June 14 as Flag Day. United States flags should be flown from public buildings as well as private homes that day.
Sadly, many Americans don't fly their flags on June 14.
Most of the time, I do, unless it slips my mind. And, I don't just fly one, I fly several for the day.
Most Americans, especially those born after 1960, consider the American flag to be a never-changing design as it hasn't changed since then, but such is not true of its over 200 year history.
The flag we have today is not the same flag as originally authorized by the Second Continental Congress in 1777.
Continued. --Cooter
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