Most Americans, ignorant of their history or just choosing to ignore it, had no idea that today is Flag Day. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.
However, two years before the Continental Congress adopted the flag, they established the Continental Army. Thus, today is the 234th birthday of The United States Army.
I send special birthday greetings today to all members of the Army family past & present, especially my brothers & sisters in the Military Police Corps.
of the troops and for the troops...
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You too, brother. What was that they used to say at Riley? Some catchy greeting like "No mission too difficult, no task too great; duty first!" That might have been just First ID(F) in Geoppingen, but you had some of their units up in Boeblingen too at Panzer Kaserne.
ReplyDeleteNowadays the kids just say "hooah".
I hope you had a good flag day.
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