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The city of Appleton Parades Committee is now accepting applications for the 73rd Appleton Flag Day Parade on June 8 as well as the May 27 Memorial Day Parade. The theme of the 73rd Appleton Flag ...
The week of June 14 (June 11–17, 2023; June 09–15, 2024; June 08–14, 2025) is designated as "National Flag Week." 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 ...
Downtown Appleton Christmas Parade to light up College Avenue and TV screens. The 52nd annual Downtown Appleton Christmas Parade will begin at 7 p.m. Nov. 21. The night parade will move east down ...
On the same trip, it marched down Fifth Avenue as part of New York City's Veterans Day Parade. The band also participated in NYC's Veterans Day Parade in 2003 and 2006.
A flag day is a flag-related holiday, a day designated for flying a certain flag (such as a national flag) or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag. Flag days are usually codified in national statutes passed by legislative bodies or parliaments ; however, in some countries a decree or ...
In 1877, the flag was exhibited at the Old South Church in Boston for the nation's first Flag Day celebration. [30] [31] Georgiana Appleton died in 1878 and left the flag to her son, Eben Appleton. [32] Eben Appleton was highly protective of the flag and disliked the attention it brought him. [33]
The parade leaves from Riverside Park in Neenah, and will proceed to Menasha’s Curtis Reed Square. July 4 activities in both cities start at 11:30 a.m., ending with fireworks shows at 9:45 p.m ...
Seattle Washington's Saint Patrick's Day Parade, [120] recognized by CNN in 2009 as one of the "Five places to get your green on" in America, [121] travels along a 1-mile route through the Emerald City's downtown financial and retail core the Saturday before Saint Patrick's Day. Seattle's Saint Patrick's Day Celebration is the largest and ...