Flag Day Patriotism
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On this day back in 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning
“I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself.”
It was not until 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.
So today, we members of The Sons of the American Legion met at 0600 this morning, and posted 34 sets of flags along 4th street, downtown Loveland.

We then retired the flags at 1800.

This is something we have done for the last nine years. We just don’t do this on Flag Day, but on Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Veterans Day. Four times a year we take to the downtown street and post Old Glory to the left, and the Colorado State flag to the right. Some people stop to ask “why?” most folks give us a warm “thank you”.
I hope you enjoyed Flag Day this year,
and if you did, thank a veteran.
Ride safe.











