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The Flag Act of 1777 ("Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, 8:464".) was passed by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, in response to a petition made by a Native American nation on June 3 for "an American Flag." [2] As a result, June 14 is now celebrated as Flag Day in the United States.
John Agard FRSL (born 21 June 1949) is a Guyanese playwright, poet and children's writer, now living in Britain. In 2012, he was selected for the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry . [ 1 ] He was awarded BookTrust 's Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2021.
1892 to 1923 (early revision by Bellamy) [2] "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." 1923 to 1924 [3] "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
A weathered American flag outside 66-year-old Napoleon Fuller's Menifee, California home connected him with a Vietnam veteran. That connection gave him a renewed sense of pride.
The flag should never touch anything physically beneath it. [9] An urban myth claimed that if the flag touched the ground, it had to be destroyed under the Flag Code; however, it has been affirmed by the American Legion and state governments that this is not the case. [10] [11] The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding or drapery.
The 2004 AQA Anthology was a collection of poems and short texts. The anthology was split into several sections covering poems from other cultures, the poetry of Seamus Heaney, [4] Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage, and a bank of pre-1914 poems.
The most notable legacy of the "California Republic" was the adoption of its flag as the basis of the modern state Flag of California. The flag has a star, a grizzly bear, and a red stripe with the words "California Republic". The Bear Flag Monument on the Sonoma Plaza, site of the raising of the original Bear Flag, is marked by a California ...
Flag Protection Act of 1968; Other short titles: Flag Desecration Penalties Act of 1968: Long title: An Act to prohibit desecration of the flag and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) FPA: Nicknames: Flag Protection Act of 1968: Enacted by: the 90th United States Congress: Effective: July 5, 1968: Citations; Public law: 90-381: Statutes ...