Flag Day 2026

What the Stars and Stripes Mean to Me

Editor: Flag Day, celebrated on June 14th, commemorates the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress in 1777.  While the day was first observed nationally in 1877 and celebrated by various communities during the Civil War to support the union troops, it wasn’t until 1949 that President Harry Truman signed a congressional resolution officially designating June 14th as Flag Day.

Over the last decade it has seemed as if the MAGA crowd had hi-jacked our flag; but that is only a fact if we allow it. I will not hide my flag, I will fly it proudly. My flag will not adorn the back of a pick up truck flapping and shredded from the wind. No I will honor that red, white, and blue symbol. of our bond as a country under l

Ways to Celebrate the American Flag

By Cate Rees-Hessel

June 14th, Flag Day, is not a day for fake kings, it is a day to honor our flag, which stands for freedom and those who fought for it. Trump is a 35 count convicted felon. He incited the January 6th, insurrection. He is a traitor to everything our flag stands for. Here are ways to celebrate Flag Day, un-MAGA style:

1. June 14th – celebrate our nation’s flag-not Trump’s birthday.
2. Include Juneteenth in your celebrations.
3. June is LGBTQ month – let’s celebrate.
4. Show your colors. Fly your stars and stripes right next to the Pride flag, the Breast Cancer Awareness flag, My Body My Choice flag, or how about a blue and yellow Ukraine flag. I support them all.
5. Have your Father’s Day celebration include at least one same-sex couples that are dads, like Pete and Chasten Buttigieg.
6. Cookouts, picnics, and celebrations that honor diversity, equity, and inclusion.
7. Have a vegetarian cookout or party.
8. Support our military.
9. Plant a tree in honor of a vet.
10. Pray for our troops in the Middle East
11. Teach a class about “Liberty for All.”
12. A day at the water park or pool can be a learning experience with books written by progressive authors or your favorite website on your tablet, perhaps Calamity News and Politics….
13. Teach the truth about Francis Scott Key and the song that became our National Anthem. I respect the song but the attorney that wrote the words had a serious racist streak that troubles me. I feel much the same about Christopher Columbus.
14. Advocate for “God Bless America” to become our National Anthem and Leif Ericsson as the first European in the Americas.
15. Boycott Tesla and Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, better known as one of the oligarchs who bought the 2024 election for “The Donald.”
16. Support NATO.  Fly NATO’s dark blue flag with it’s centered white compass next to the red, white and blue.
17. Visit your library for information on democracy and how we are supposed to do it here.  I love my library.
18. Offer to teach a class at the local community college on significant black women that shaped  America, like  Shirley Chisholm, Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll · Harriet Tubman · Maya Angelou · Rosa Parks · Misty Copeland, to name just a few
19. Know before you speak; teach Black history with accuracy and respect to those around you.
20. Denounce any parade for Trump’s birthday. America has no king and money should not be wasted on this foolishness when there is a threat to necessary federal programs that many of our nations citizens rely on.
21. Do a video training, teach teens how to read and write cursive so they can read historical documents.
22. Be woke.
23. Stand up against tariffs that are a tax on Americans.
24. Stand against ICE murders and ICE prisons.
25. Stand firm in your convictions against tyranny and greed.

“God bless America, my home sweet home.”

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