Flag Day 2020 marks our 56th Wedding Anniversary. Vi and I were married on June 14th 1964, so each Flag Day celebration has special meaning for us.
The serious part of this posting is in three parts: 1) Three current crises, 2) Three patriotic songs, and 3) Three positive hopeful predictions.
But first, before we get to the serious part, let's have a look at:
MY FLAG DAY NEEDLEPOINT
44 years ago, in 1976, I designed and made a needlepoint replica of the then-current United States 13c postage stamp (see the graphic below).
My intent was to honor the American Revolution Bicentennial, marking the 200th year of the American Republic, our great experiment in Representative Democracy.
My replica is true to the postage stamp and the original 13-star flag, except for the arrangement of the stars. Instead of a circle of 13 stars, I substituted 13 stars in a "Star of David" arrangement. This is like the 13 stars in the Great Seal of the United States that you have seen on the back of the US dollar bill.
On the postage stamp shown above, Independence Hall is depicted in front of the flag, That also has meaning to Vi and me because we drove from Brooklyn to Philadelphia on the day I presented our engagement ring to her.
