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Today is Flag Day in honor of the adoption of the American Flag in 1777. Flag Day is not a federal holiday but pays special attention to the history and
Dee Folse and his wife, Leann, decommission the flags that are removed and replaced twice a year from the Avenue of Flags at Miramar National Cemetery.
Celebrated each year, Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by the Second Continental Congress.
It’s believed the idea of Flag Day began 138 years ago when a schoolteacher in Fredonia, Wisconsin, had his students observe June 14 as ‘Flag Day.’