From the June 13, 2024 Marquette Today "Star-spangled trivia: five things you (probably) don't know about Flag Day."
The American flag continues to be the steadfast symbol of freedom-- and it's something we celebrate every June 14. Flag Day is an annual is an annual commemoration of Old Glory's creation in 1777, although the layout looked a lot different then.
Here are five interesting Flag Day facts:
1. Flag Day originated in Waubeka, Wisconsin, just north of Milwaukee. On June 14, 1885, the anniversary of the flag's creation, a 19-year-old teacher named Bernard Cigrand led his pupils in a history lesson called "Flag Birthday."
The following year he began a campaign for a national holiday observing the flag's birthday.
Believing that reverence for the American flag would promote attachment to the American republic, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day starting in 1916.
The Wisconsin origin of Flag Day is memorialized at the National Americanism Center in Waubeca and celebrated with an annual Flag Day parade in neighboring Fredonia.
Is Your Flag Up? --Cooter
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