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Show UNFURL "OLDGLORf FLAG DAK Citizens Expected to Honor Date of Birth of American Ameri-can Banner. "Resolved, that the flag of tha thirteen thir-teen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that tha union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new con stellation." Resolution adopted by the American national congress June 14, 1777. Vest Wednesday. June 14, is the one hundred and thirty fourth anniversary of the birth of the American flag, the "star spangled banner," and to do rev-, erence to the day Governor William flprv, In common with other of the country's coun-try's state executives, has issued a proclamation pro-clamation asking that the flag be appropriately ap-propriately displayed an that day. f lag dav is perhaps toe youngest American Iiolidav. It was first ob- served June 14, 1897Twheu following a general movement looking to the observance ob-servance of the day, tiovernor Black of New York stale ordered that the flag be raised on all public buildings. At the same time the day was observed very generally in Philadelphia and the custom met with such hearty favor that it spread rapidly, and cow the day is generally observed throughout the land. How Flag Has Changed. Following the official adoption of the flag it waa the custom to add one more stripe for the addition to the union of each new atate, but congress soon came to the conclusion that the beauty and1 symmetry of the standard would be destroyed, de-stroyed, so it was ordered that tbe number num-ber of stripes be reduced to the original thirteen, and that a new star be added to the field on the Fourth of July following fol-lowing the admission of a new state. No other flag so truly represents the history of its country, and none other is o beautiful. , 1 Inasmuch aa nearly all of the schools of tbe country are closed hv June 14, and as it ia one of the purposes of th day to inculcate in the minds of young Americans the allegiance and despect they owe the flag, it has been suggested that flag day be changed to September 11, the date on which the first national flag made in accordance with the directions di-rections of eopgress, was unfnrled by Washington U the battle of the Bran-dywsne. Bran-dywsne. Governor's Proclamation. Yielding to public sentiment and demand, de-mand, eongreaa will probably take official offi-cial eognizanc of the day when it gets around to the matter. Following ia Ooveraor Spry 'a proclamation: procla-mation: Wednesday, Jane 14. 1911, will be the on hundred and thirty-fourth anniversary an-niversary of the adoption of the stsrsl and stripes aa the flag of our country; , "Therefore I, William Sprv, governor of the state of Utah, earnestly urge the people of Utah to join in public recognition of the birthday of the emblem em-blem of our nationality by appropriate display of the flag." |