| ALLENTOWN FLAG DAY ASSOCIATION (1907-2011) |
| OFFICERS PRESIDENT --- Mike Welsh 1ST VICE PRESIDENT -- Mathias Gutman 2ND VICE PRESIDENT -- Dennis Pearson SECRETARY --- Ann Wertman TREASURER --- Susan McPherson CHAPLIN --- Mary Klimek |
| With pride the Allentown Flag Day Association continued this year its tradition of sponsoring a flag day essay contest in the Middle Schools of the School District of Allentown ... On June 14, 2011 the top entrants of this essay contest were honored at the Flag Day association's annual Great Allentown Band concert held indoors at William Allen High School due to a rain storm. The top entrants were asked to read their essays to the audience and received a monetary reward and a certificate of merit from the association ... The Flag of the United States of America was born almost a year after the Declaration of Independence. The Stars and Stripes to which we pledge allegiance was authorized on June 14, 1777. Just as we celebrate the birth of U.S independence on July 4th each year, the people of our Nation celebrate the birth of our Flag every year on June 14th. That special holiday is called: FLAG DAY ... The Flag was defined by the Second Continental Congress, meeting at Philadelphia on June 14, 1777 in a resolution that read:"Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation." ... Of course, we know our flag now has 50 stars, after Congress determined that:"On the admission of a new State into the union one star shall be added to the union of the flag, and such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of July then next succeeding such admission." .... The UNION of the flag is the field of blue containing the 50 stars.... The length of the flag is called the FLY and its height from top to bottom is called the HOIST...The pole on which the flag is mounted is called the STAFF, the top of which is the PEAK, and if the flag is attached to the staff with a rope, that rope is called the HALYARD. Entrants in the Allentown Flag Day Association Essay Contest had to address the following question: What event or events in American History would make you want to wave or honor the American flag? Dennis Pearson coordinated the Essay Contest for the Allentown Flag Day Association and Carol Hagenbach , Allentown School District Director of Literacy facilitated the Essay Contest in the School District. Overall, the Association received middle 56 entrants with students from Harrison Morton Middle School, Trexler Middle School and South Mountain Middle School participating ... We received no entrants from Raub Middle School. The following students in the opinion of the Board of the Allentown Flag Day Association answered the Essay question in the best way and merited recognition. 1st Prize --- Wynonna Wo , Trexler Middle School --- Sponsoring Teacher --- Mr. Newhard For essay asserting that the American Military use of Native American code talkers in WWI and WWII was the most significant event in American history that brings meaning to the American flag 2nd Prize ( --- Kayla Lozada, Harrison Morton Middle School --- Sponsoring Teacher --- Mrs. Jepson For essay asserting that many instances in American history have produced what the American flag represents ... But locally the Allentown public including Harrison Morton came together to help those devastated by the aftermath of a gas explosion in downtown Allentown. 3rd Prize --- Luis Acevedo, Harrison Morton Middle School Sponsoring teacher --- Mrs. Levan For essay describing flag ceremony that taught us the meaning of the flag. The ceremony taught us to respect the flag and all that it symbolizes even during a ceremony the proscribed procedures for retiring the flag was performed. |
| Easton Flag |
| Betsy Ross Flag |
| Retiring the American Flag |
| Iwo Jima Flag Raising |
| American Flag on the Moon - Apollo 17 |