Show my Y V 7 aa V I 1 L N 1 11 1 11 1 1 in VI I 1 nd billat buah bull 11 of lunt billit liiK IlIg 1 14 4 exl for f i ill resolved that the flag of or the thirteen statha be thirteen atril es alternate ilter nato red anil and white that the union be thirteen atara white in ili a blue field representing a new constellation resolution adopted b the american national nil congress june 14 1777 yesterday june aa as the one hundred and thirty fourth annl anni ebsary ersary of the birth of the american flag the star Hp aping angled led banner k lag day tay Is the youngest american holida holiday it was first observed june 14 1897 when hen following a general movement looking to the observance ance of the day governor black ot bew new york state ordered that the flag be raised on all public building buildings at the same time the day was observed vad very generally in philadelphia and the custom met with such hearty favor that it spread rapidly and anti now the day la is generally generall throughout the tile land 1 Fol following loing the official adoption of the flag it anas as the tile custom to add one more stripe for the tile addition to the union of each neu ne state but congress soon came to tho the that the b lauty and symmetry of the standard stan hould bo be destroyed so it vas mas ordered thit that the number of striped pet be reduced to the original thirteen and that a new star be added to the field on oil the fourth of july following the admission of a new now state no other a flag so truly represents presente re the history of its country and none other Is lie beautiful inasmuch as nearl all of the schools of the tile country are closed by june and anti a as it 1 14 one of the purposes of oj the day to inculcate in tho tile mindi mind of oung americans the allegiance and respect they oe one the flag it lias has been suggested that flag day be changed to Septem september bor tho the dato date on which the first national flag made in accordance with the directions of congress was unfurled by washington at the bathe of the brandywine yielding to public sentiment aliel demind demand congress will probably tak tako official cognizance of the day when it gets around tc the matter |