10 Flag Day Quotes to Celebrate Star Spangled Banner Adoption

June 14 is special in America. Flag Day is celebrated. By Second Continental Congress resolution, this happened in 1777.

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In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 Flag Day, and in August 1949,

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The Star-Spangled Banner and Mary Pickersgill are honored annually. These quotes commemorate this important day.

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I think our flag is more than cloth and ink. It represents liberty and freedom worldwide. Our nation's history is marked by blood. John Thune

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