Fly your flag proudly today!

[+ beethoven]

Just thought I'd remind everyone that on this day in 1777, Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. The flag was designed by Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

HUZZAH!!

[whipped guy]

Just thought I'd remind everyone that on this day in 1777, Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. The flag was designed by Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

HUZZAH!!

 

Often music says it best!

[mike carey]

Brilliant WG!

 

My favourite is Sousa's salute to a vibrant free press with the 'Washington Post March'. Our free press is compromised by a snarky partisanship in the Murdoch press in Australia.

[bigvalboy]

Thanks Beethovan...the flag is up. I actually fly it every weekend from Friday-Sunday.

[+ deej]

Brilliant WG!

 

My favourite is Sousa's salute to a vibrant free press with the 'Washington Post March'.

 

That wasn't what it was about. Sousa wrote "The Washington Post" march on commission (for the princely sum of USD$25, a fortune in the day) to promote an essay contest the WP sponsored. It had nothing to do with a free press.

 

As a by-product, it ushered in the two-step dance and remains popular to this day. Sousa never saw anything more than that original $25.

[mike carey]

That wasn't what it was about. Sousa wrote "The Washington Post" march on commission (for the princely sum of USD$25, a fortune in the day) to promote an essay contest the WP sponsored. It had nothing to do with a free press.

Thanks for correcting me on that Deej.

[+ WilliamM]

Flag Day is important here in Philly, with good reason. During the 1960s and 1970s, city workers had the day off.