Hundreds of park-goers enjoy a day at Six Flags Amusement Park in Agawam, MA. Six Flags New England opened in May 2000, making the theme park the largest in the Northeast. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Newsmakers).
Editor's Note: To mark Flag Day, we asked our friends at the Betsy Ross House to fill us in on the history of the holiday. Here is their post. Court_of_Historic_American_FlagsLos_Angeles400. Creative Commons user: palewire.
WAUBEKA — Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th — and it commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on June 14th, 1777. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that
“What we did today was to release 50 balloons red, white, and blue with a tag on them to ask the finder of the balloon to tell us where they are flying their flag for Flag Day,” said Charlie Spano, chairman of the 9/11 Memorial
Sunday is Flag Day, and for Andrew Whitworth, it has a special meaning. He shared the powerful story of Doc Deal, a great friend who lost his life serving in the military. "That flag represents him to me," Whit said. "All the