Talk:Flag Day in the United States
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I removed the line thar referred to Flag Day as a "major holiday" in Massachusetts and one that marks the end of the school year. I am a librarian in Massachusetts, and Flag Day is certainly not a major holiday here...indeed, I think relatively few people know it exists. It's not a state holiday, and although school usually does end in June, the date varies from community to community (and is often extended if there have been a lot of snow closings.) I've heard people express surprise when the beginning of the school year occurs before Labor Day, but I've never heard anyone make any remark about school extending beyond Flag Day.
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[edit] Popular References
Brendan Moody said he removed pointless trivia. It may be pointless to him, but I found it interesting enough to make an edit by correcting Betsy Ross' name. Unless there is some guideline from wikipedia on removing popular references or "pointless trivia", I think those should be allowed to stay in. Talk amongst yourselves! Brinklej 14:02, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] SPLIT INFINITIVE!
C'mon people.... "to officially proclaim." What are we doing?!
[edit] Suggestion
prehaps we could add a picture of the American Flag here? I dont want to miss credit the pic, so ill leave this as a suggestion for anyone who should come across it.75.67.106.13 02:22, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] US Code Cite
(please verify and add) The relevant US Code Section is found here: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+36USC110
There is a small town outside of Philadelphia called Yeadon. This town proclaims intself as the "Home of the Founder of Flag Day". Yeadon has a street named after William T Kerr. [1] --Safepassage 17:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] How to Observe Flag Day section
I added this section from my original article, located at http://www.united-states-flag.com/flag-day-history.html, (also sourcing the references used). The original article at united-states-flag.com is under a GNU Free Documentation License: Copyright (c) 2007 Mandy Barberio. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". (MandyBarberio 15:31, 1 August 2007 (UTC))
[edit] Practicalities
I'm arriving in Boston Flag Day this year. I'd like it if this article had a practicalities section, stating whether offices / shops / schools are closed, whether there is anything one should / should not do, that kind of stuff. Dublinblue (Simon in Dublin) (talk) 10:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
