TODAY IS U.S. STARS AND STRIPES FLAG DAY

     On this day in 1777, our U.S. Flag was born. To be loved and cherished by the honorable Citizens of this proud Nation, and dishonored and disgraced by the unworthy, small amount of dissidents who were too cowardly to defend it, but instead, burned it in defiance of the U.S. Constitution.
     But beyond that ending, negative comment, I promise not to make mention of it again in this blog.
     Also referred to as the American Flag, it consists of 13 horizontal red and white stripes with a blue rectangle in the Canton.(Referred to specifically as the "Union")
     Originally, the Canton contained 13 stars representing the 13 Colonies that declared Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. It now contains 50 stars representing the 50 States today.
     Nicknames for the flag also include; Stars and Stripes, Old Glory and the "Star spangled banner".
     White stars in a blue Canton represent a "New Constellation".
     Shortly before the indoctrination of the Flag, In may of 1776, Betsy Ross reported she had sewn together the first cloth version of the flag.
     So whenever you honor the flag, salute it, fold it, raise or lower it, keep in mind the memory of the trouble our gallant General George Washington and his army of barefooted ragtag volunteers took up whatever arms they could muster to defeat the British Dominance over our young Nation.
     The song; "Star Spangle Banner" is the official Anthem of the United States of America. It was first recognized for official use by the U.S. Navy in 1889, and then by Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
     The words to the 'Star Spangled Banner' were written by Francis Scott key after the bombardment of Fort McHenry by Royal Navy Ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. It was set to the British tune composed by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's Social club in London, England.
     Another American Patriotic song, "My Country tis of Thee" was written to the identical tune of "God save the Queen" circa 1931. Just sayin'.