Do You Remember Flag Day Origins and History
The piece recalls that the American flag will be 171 years old on Monday June 14 and outlines adoption by Congress on June 14 1777 and the flag day observance started in 1884. It notes public displays in New York and Philadelphia and mentions claims of the flag as the oldest existing national flag. It also references a legislator Richardson elected in 1984 and biographical notes from Huntingdon County Pa to Kanawha County and Civil War battlefield sites.
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U. S. Congress
New York State
Philadelphia
America
Emember
E Richardson
Huntingdon County
Pocahontas County
West Virginia
The
State Conservation Commission
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Fathers Day Remembrance and Civil War Echoes
A reminiscence of the 1931 70th anniversary observance of the Carnifax Ferry battle on Gauley River with 5000 in attendance. Notes that generals Rosecrans and Confederate John Floyd fought there, with Hayes and McKinley later serving in that regiment, and cites the origin of Father’s Day on June 19 1910 and its modern observance suggestions.
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Gauley River
West Virginia
John Diehl
Rainelle
John Floyd
United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
Ohio Regiment
Gen. Rosecrans
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