Westfield celebrates Flag Day 2013

West Seattle Flag Day 2013: Junction stars and stripes; ceremony at American Legion Post 160; The Mount.West Seattle Flag Day 2013: Junction stars and stripes; ceremony at American Legion Post 160; The Mount.Flag Day 2013. Two flags. Top: June 14, 1777 - 13 stars. Bottom: June 14, 1960 - 50 stars. Today commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States by the Second Continental Congress in 1777. Flag Day - the Flag Day 2013 is today if you haven't noticed, and timing coincides with a high-profile flag code kerfuffle earlier this week. Flag Day falls on June 14, always preceding the more widely observed Fourth Of July three weeks later. But as Flag Day isSpecial-events director Anna Cronin shared the photo, explaining, “Providence Mount St. Vincent closed employee appreciation week with a Flag Day celebration, honoring employees' more than 51 countries of origin.

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