Uncategorized November 5, 2024 – Election Day 2024-11-052024-11-05 Today the First flag of the United States (aka Betsy Ross Flag) and the current flag of the United States fly in recognition of the 51 separate, but concurrent elections…
Uncategorized September 11, 2024 – Remembrance – 9/11 Victims and James Earl Jones 2024-09-112024-09-11 Today, the flag of the United States flies at half staff on each flag pole. On my pole, the flag flies in remembrance of the 2,977 people that were in…
Uncategorized September 2, 2024 – Labor Day 2024-09-022024-09-01 Today, the flag of the United States flies in commemoration of Labor Day. Quoting the Department of Labor's History of Labor Day web page, "Observed the first Monday in September,…
Uncategorized July 4, 2024 – Independence Day 2024-07-042024-07-04 Happy Independence Day! This is my favorite holiday of the year! I choose to celebrate sprit of the United States and the Declaration of Independence, which was signed on this…
Uncategorized June 14, 2024 – A New Constellation 2024-06-142024-06-14 On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed a simple resolution, reading, “Resolved, that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and while; that the…
Uncategorized May 18, 2024 – Armed Forces Day 2024-05-182024-05-18 Today, the flag of the United States and the flag of the United States Navy fly in commemoration of Armed Forces Day. John Alvis, the man who inspired my love…
Uncategorized April 23, 2024 – Rev. Cecil Williams 2024-04-232024-04-23 Today, the flags of the United States and San Francisco fly at half staff in memory of the Rev. Cecil Williams, retired pastor of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco.…
Uncategorized March 26, 2024 – Francis Scott Key Bridge 2024-03-262024-03-26 Today, the flags of the United States and the State of Maryland fly in the hope that the search and rescue efforts for those who may still b in the…
Uncategorized March 24, 2024 – Field of Dreams 2024-03-242024-03-24 "If you build it, He will come" is the immortal phrase spoken by The Voice in W.P. Kinsella's book Shoeless Joe, which was later adapted in to the movie "Field…
Uncategorized November 11, 2023 – Veterans Day and Washington Admission Day 2023-11-112023-11-11 Today the flag of the United States flies in honor of Veterans' Day and the flag of the State of Washington flies in celebration of the state's admission to the…