Posts Tagged Flag Day
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August 2013
By Eloise Graham Are you aware of any special “Day” in August? Let’s play a game. I’ll name the day, you think of the month. Here goes: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, April Fools Day, (hope you didn’t miss that one!)...
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Stories about your father?
By Bob Morrison and Mary Huebbe Marketing & Development Director Ridgecrest Village Father’s Day is an important day here at Ridgecrest Village. Memories of your father are important to reflect on, especially as we approach Father’s Day. We like honoring our fathers with a day of telling st...
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June Dates and Facts
By Eloise Graham June – the first month of summer. June conjures up thoughts of Father’s Day, Flag Day and drive-in movies! Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. This year it will be June 19, 2011. The first Father’s Day observance was in July 5, 1908. For 64 ye...
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FLAG DAY – June 14, 2010
The Flag The idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of ...
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June Dates
By Jennifer Kohel June Monthly Observances Adopt a Shelter Cat Month Great Outdoors Month Dairy Month Turkey Lovers Month National Aphasia Awareness Month Potty Training Awareness Month Vision Research Month Women's Golf Month June Weekly Observances International Clothesline Week...
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Flag Day Quiz
Test your knowledge of the history of the American flag: 1. Which birthday of the national Flag, is going to be celebrated this year? a. 224 b. 225 c. 227 2. Since when has the current U.S. national flag become effective? a. June 4, 1969 b. June 14, 1976 c. July 4, 1960 3. ...
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Scouting Corner
By Thomas McDermott Scout Executive, Illowa Council Boy Scouts of America It is June. Here in Illowa Council as well as other councils: week-long summer camp is starting for the Boy Scouts; day camps and some overniters are in progress for the Cub Scouts. Love that summer camp experience! ...
