Redwood City, CA #1991
Flag Day!
Date: 06/14/2015
Type of Event: Holiday
Lodge Number:
1991
Description: On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation.”
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is the first and only fraternal organization to require formal observance of Flag Day. In July of 1908, the Grand Lodge, assembled in Dallas, Texas, provided for the annual nationwide observance of Flag Day on the 14th of June in each year, by making it mandatory upon each local Lodge of the Order. June 14th was officially established as Flag Day by a proclamation by President Woodrow Wilson, issued May 30, 1916.
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