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June 14, 2006
Flag Day
Today is flag day. It honors the anniversary of the the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress, on June 14, 1777.
Few nations have a dedicated flag production capacity, with fabric printers doing the work part-time as needed. However, the difficulty in sewing on 50 stars on the US flag has ensured such capacity exists in the US.
63% of those surveyed said the U.S. Constitution "should not be amended to prohibit burning or desecrating the American flag". However, among likely voters only 39% do not support flag burning amendments. Although flag burning is legal, only 33% of those surveyed answered correctly that it was legal to do so.
Interestingly, a man was arrested in April for burning a Mexican flag at a rally where US flags were also burned but no one was arrested for that.
Posted by OneEyedMan at June 14, 2006 4:43 PM
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