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American Flag HistoryOn
May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress, with representatives from 13 of
the British colonies along the Atlantic Coast of North America, began meeting in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The
Congress immediately began to organize a federal government of the 13 associated
colonies, taking over governmental functions previously exercised by the King
and Parliament of Great Britain, and directed the several States to prepare
State constitutions for their own governance. The Congress appointed George Washington to head a
Continental Army, and dispatched him to Boston, where local militia were
besieging a British Army. After
a year of warfare, the Congress declared the United States of America
independent of Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence. The
stars and stripes of the American Flag originated as a result of a resolution
adopted by the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress at
Philadelphia on June 14, 1777.
The resolution read: 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. Flag Raising CeremonyThe
No Child Left Behind Flag raising ceremony was spearheaded a couple years ago on flag Day at Roosevelt
High School, and again at a later date at Metropolitan Service District’s
Courtyard. No
Child Left Behind invites you to attend our second Flag raising ceremony on Tuesday, June 14,
2005, at Metropolitan Service District, located at 600 NE Grand, at 9:00a.m. No
Child Left Behind is a non-profit corporation established for the purpose of expanding
opportunities for comprehensive approaches to education so that no child
is left behind. Today’s efforts
are to produce a video/CD, telling the story of the Flag and why we, as
Americans should pay homage to it. These
videos/CDs will be offered to school libraries throughout Oregon.
We encourage you to support this effort by opening up your pocket books
and donating generously. Let’s
bridge the gap for our youth, both yours and mine.
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