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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Happy Flag Day 2022!

13 June 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Tuesday of this week (June 14th) is Flag Day! Flag Day commemorates the date in 1777 when Congress established the Stars & Stripes as the national flag of the new United States:

Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. (Journals of the Continental Congress)

Flag Day was first recognized nationally by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 through a presidential proclamation, and Wilson’s proclamation was later extended by legislation that was signed by President Harry Truman in 1949.

“The Birth of Old Glory” (1917), after a painting by Edward Percy Moran (1862โ€“1935). The actual scene is likely apocryphal, alas. (Image: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.)

The Library of Congress has a complete rundown on the history of Flag Day and aย wide range of educational resources that you and your students can explore this week:

  • โžข Flag Day History and Resources from the Library of Congress (loc.gov)

What other holidays and historical anniversaries will you be marking in your homeschool this Hercules Term? ๐Ÿ˜Š

โกโ€…The emblem of the land I love: Flags are wonderful subjects for students to investigate, and your recommended homeschool almanac and world atlas both have many pages of flag illustrations. Why not open them up today and explore! ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

โกโ€…Hoist and fly, oh my: Do your students know the basic parts of aย flag? The hoist is the edge that is next to the flagpole, and the fly is the opposite edge that blows free. The field is the overall background (red and white stripes in the case of the U.S. flag) and the canton or union is the rectangle in the upper left that displays a special design (white stars on a blue field for the U.S. flag). Not all flags feature a canton, but many do; look through your atlas or almanac to find some more examples. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ

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