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In 1885, in the small town of Fredonia, Wisconsin a school teacher arranged for that district to observe June 14th as  the Flag’s Birthday. This point in history was the 108th anniversary of the official adaption of the stars and stripes. By 1889, the State Board of Education of New York adopted the observance.  In 1891, the Betsy Ross house held a celebration. In a 1914, a Flag Day speech read “I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam color, a symbol of yourself”.

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