Talk:Flag Day (United States)

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I removed the line thar referred to Flag Day as a "major holiday" in Massachusetts and one that marks the end of the school year. I am a librarian in Massachusetts, and Flag Day is certainly not a major holiday here...indeed, I think relatively few people know it exists. It's not a state holiday, and although school usually does end in June, the date varies from community to community (and is often extended if there have been a lot of snow closings.) I've heard people express surprise when the beginning of the school year occurs before Labor Day, but I've never heard anyone make any remark about school extending beyond Flag Day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ethomsen (talk • contribs) 22:36, 27 May 2005

Practicalities

I'm arriving in Boston Flag Day this year. I'd like it if this article had a practicalities section, stating whether offices / shops / schools are closed, whether there is anything one should / should not do, that kind of stuff. Dublinblue (Simon in Dublin) (talk) 10:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brendan Moody said he removed pointless trivia. It may be pointless to him, but I found it interesting enough to make an edit by correcting Betsy Ross' name. Unless there is some guideline from wikipedia on removing popular references or "pointless trivia", I think those should be allowed to stay in. Talk amongst yourselves! Brinklej 14:02, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

C'mon people.... "to officially proclaim." What are we doing?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthurian Legend (talk • contribs) 02:37, 15 June 2006

Writing in English in the 21st Century and not the 19th?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.37.133.136 (talk) 15:10, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

prehaps we could add a picture of the American Flag here? I dont want to miss credit the pic, so ill leave this as a suggestion for anyone who should come across it.75.67.106.13 02:22, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(please verify and add) The relevant US Code Section is found here: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+36USC110 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwightmcbain (talk • contribs) 14:16, 14 June 2007

There is a small town outside of Philadelphia called Yeadon. This town proclaims intself as the "Home of the Founder of Flag Day". Yeadon has a street named after William T Kerr. [1] --Safepassage 17:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added this section from my original article, located at http://www.united-states-flag.com/flag-day-history.html, (also sourcing the references used). The original article at united-states-flag.com is under a GNU Free Documentation License: Copyright (c) 2007 Mandy Barberio. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". (MandyBarberio 15:31, 1 August 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Those two subsections are without citation and the Roosevelt story sounds like an urban legend. Is there any reliable source for either of the two? --UrsusArctosL71 (talk) 16:49, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rennerdale PA is a city, not a state. PurpleChez (talk) 17:59, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Betsy Ross did not design the American Flag. Her flag company may have been the first to manufacture the flag but the flag was designed by an official of the US government who wanted to get paid for designing the flag but because he was an employee already of the government they said no. Betsy Ross did, however, show Gen. Washington how to make a perfect five pointed star by cutting out a piece of paper. That's why we have five pointed stars on the American flag rather than six pointed stars. 71.139.247.247 (talk) 21:21, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Members of

Its not just American history that the Freemason's have affected. Think about this: There are 10 hot-dogs in a pack and 8 hot-dog buns in bag. That give you 108, which matches with the 108 defilments (sins of mankind) in some forms of Buddhism. That's right everyone, Freemason's have set up hot-dog packaging to represent the crimes of humanity. Either that, or maybe its just that if you look hard enough you can find interesting number combinations and correlations anywhere you look.DoctorLazarusLong (talk) 18:20, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Lazaruz Long (doctor of what?), you are a perfect example of why

Brad, number 1, you take me far to seriously. Smile my friend, and laugh, the universe is a funny place to be in. I am not really a doctor, my talk page says that out right. I am a student of Anthropology and the name is a reference to a Robert Heinlein character. I don't deny that the universe is filled with marvelous patterns, patterns that humans have evolved a remarkable ability to deduce. I do believe that we have a bad habit of going to far though, looking for patterns and conspiracy where none is to be found. I believe that we often leap to assume causation when simple correlation is more likely the truth. I think that human beings are remarkable, but we are prone to foolishness and that is a wonderful thing.DoctorLazarusLong (talk) 18:58, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

George Morris/Victor Morris ... Which is it?

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Is "coincidentally" necessary? Can't imagine anyone would assume he was intentionally born on Flag Day with the knowledge that he would later proclaim Flag Day and Flag Week as the president. Also not sure why 2017 is noted specifically, since he also presumably proclaimed them in '18 and '19.

Overall, not sure why this sentence is necessary. Since the top of the section already says "During National Flag Week, the president will issue a proclamation 'urging the people to observe the day as the anniversary of the adoption on June 14, 1777, by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States of America.'", this just seems like a roundabout way to note that his birthday coincides with Flag Day. Which is certainly a fun fact, but does it need to be in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.71.224.226 (talk) 15:09, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. This is entirely unnecessary information. It contributes nothing to the reader’s understanding of Flag Day.

Agreed. This sentence is also unclear, one has to go to the source to understand the statement being made. It appears to me there is consensus to remove this sentence?--CriticalThinking26 (talk) 22:56, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]