The public is invited to join in the Flag Day ceremony at the Shelton Community Center courtyard, 41 Church St, Shelton on Friday June 13, 2014 at 11am.
The Sarah Riggs Humphreys-Mary Silliman Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will conduct the ceremony honoring the Flag of our Nation. Congress adopted the U.S. Flag as the symbol on June 14, 1777 and Flag Day’s roots began nearly 100 years later on June 14, 1885 when a young Wisconsin teacher, Bernard Cirgrand, placed a flag on his desk and assigned essays on the flag and its significance.
On May 30, 1916 President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation calling for a nationwide observance of Flag Day and in 1949 President Harry S. Truman signed an act of Congress designating June 14 of every year as National Flag Day.
The DAR chapter will celebrate Flag Day on Friday, June 13, rain or shine, at the Shelton Community Center courtyard. If it rains, we will meet in a second floor meeting room in the Community Center. Come join us in celebrating the symbol of our freedom.
The DAR perpetuates the memory and spirit of the men and women who won American independence. Any woman over 18 who can prove an ancestor served in the American Revolution is a prospective member. For more information on the DAR visit http://www.sarahriggshumphreysDAR.org.
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