Flag Day
Adopted as the flag of the United States of America by the Flag Resolution of 1777 enacted on 14 June, 1777.
The flag was first flown from Fort Stanwix, on the site of the present city of Rome, New York, on August 3, 1777. It was first under fire three days later in the Battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1777.
An official flag has a rise to run ratio of 1 to 1.9 [the flag should be 1.9 times as long as it is high] with the canton [the dark blue part] that rises over the top seven stripes with a run of 40% of the flag’s run.
The only time you will see a “correct” US Flag is if you see the official colors of a military unit. Most flags are 3’X5′ or 4’X6′ instead of 3’X5.7′ or 4’X7.6′.
Frances Bellamy, the Baptist minister and socialist who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance was from Rome, New York.
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“Frances Bellamy, the Baptist minister and socialist…”
I learned that from you. It does my heart good to tell that fact to RWNJs and watch their faces flush red…
At least for now, I’m supporting a self-proclaimed democratic socialist for president. (Take that, RWNJs out there!)
I hope you’re feeling better!
I’m improving.
The ‘pledge’ was a magazine campaign to boost patriotism for the centennial.
Most socialists were Christian Socialists, just like the earliest Church before it was taken over by the Roman Empire.