Flags - June 14

Stars and Stripes Learning

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Today is Flag Day, Abused Women's and Children's Awareness Day, National Children's Day, Strawberry Shortcake Day, Bourbon Day, Family History Day, Pop Goes the Weasel Day, US Army Birthday, Write to Your Father Day, and World Blood Donor Day

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

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1775 – Continental Army is established.
1777 – Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777, adopting Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States.

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

POEM OF THE DAY

Michael Dumanis - Flag Day

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 "You're 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 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

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