Holiday
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When:
06/14/2008 at 01:00 am
Where:
Everywhere District Of Columbia, 00000
United States
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In June 1886, Bernard J. Cigrand, then a student in dental school, first publicly proposed an annual observance of the birth of the United States flag in an article titled "The Fourteenth of June", published in the Chicago Argus newspaper. In June of 1888, Cigrand advocated establishing the holiday in a speech before the "Sons of America", a Chicago group. The organization founded a magazine, "American Standard", in order to promote reverence for American emblems. Cigrand was appointed editor-in-chief and wrote articles in the magazine as well as in other magazines and newspapers to promote the holiday. On the third Saturday in June 1894 a public school children
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