Flags - June 14

Friday, June 14, 2024

Today is Strawberry Shortcake Day, Flag Day, Bourbon Day, World Blood Donor Day, Family History Day, Pop Goes the Weasel Day, US Army Birthday, and World Blood Donor Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  U.S. Flag
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ON THIS DATE

• 1775 - The U.S. Army is founded with the formation of the Continental Army.
• 1777 - The Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag with the Flag Act of 1777. 
• 1822 - Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine or calculating machine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
• 1900 - Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• 1943 - The Supreme Court rules in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that students do not have to salute the flag if it conflicts with their religious beliefs.
• 1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1811 -  Author Harriet Beecher Stowe
• 1904 - Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White
• 1928 - Argentinian guerrilla leader and politician Ernesto "Che" Guevara
• 1946 - 45th President Donald Trump
• 1948 - Author Laurence Yep (video interview)
• 1961 - English singer-songwriter Boy George

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Johnny Cash - Ragged Old Flag  - LISTEN
• Billy Murray - You're a Grand Old Flag - LISTEN
• Boy George - Karma Chameleon - LISTEN

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Smithsonian - Ocean Life  - VIEW

THEME: U.S. Flag (and Other Flags)

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Flag Company Field Trip (8:14) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - City Island - Flags and Their Symbols (Available in Spanish) (2:59) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Studios - Do You Know These Flags? (1:42) -  VIEW
• Grades PreK- adult - Capitol Concerts - Sesame Street Performs "Your a Grand Old Flag" (2:26) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali - Brand New Flag (25:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Flag Day (Available in Spanish) (1:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - EDSITEment - Flag Facts for Flag Day  - READ  and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Social Studies Shorts: The American Flag (3:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - A Capitol Fourth - The History of the American Flag - READ
• Grades 4-12 - Smithsonian - Facts about the United States Flag - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Inside Science - How to Design a 51-Star Flag (1:55) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Downing of a Flag Episodes 1&2 - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Iconic America - The Gadsden Flag (55:11) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

ANCIENT INVISIBLE CITIES - Cairo 
Friday, 6/14 from 4-5 pm NHPBS
See how 3D scanning can be used to explore Egypt's ancient treasures, including the Great Pyramid of Giza and the first pyramid ever built, a hidden Roman fortress, and a well deep in the rock below the Arabic citadel of Saladin. ANCIENT INVISIBLE CITIES Streaming Video

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET - Carmen 
Friday, 6/14 from 9 pm - 12 am NHPBS
Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, resetting the classic story to the modern day that moves the focus to issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339