NIGHT LIGHT NEWS
ESOTERIC ASTROLOGY AS NEWSFlag Week, Flag Day
Flags as Art – Stars & Stripes, Circles & Crests, Lions & Kings
Flags – the Spirit of the People
I Recognize My Other Self
and in the Waning of That Self
I Grow and Glow
(Gemini Seed Thought)
This is Flag Week. Wednesday is Flag Day. Flags, flapping and waving in the air, are symbols. They reflect the visions and aspirations of the state, country, nation and the people the flag flies over. Flags are art forms. Flag Day in the U.S. (not a legal holiday) is a federally-recognized day that dates back to 1870. The U.S. flag was created June 14, 1777. The California flag was also created June 14.
The study of flags is called Vexillology (new vocabulary word). Flag Day prepares us for the U.S. July 4th birthday. President Woodrow Wilson said about the flag,
“The flag, which we honor and under which we serve,
is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought,
and our purpose as a nation.
It has no character
(other) than that which we give it
from generation to generation.
The choice is ours.”
Flag Day, celebrated June 14, observes and memorializes the adoption of the U.S. flag, June 14, 1777, one year after the Declaration of Independence (1776). Flag Day celebrations – Quincy, Massachusetts has the longest running flag parade. Troy, N.Y. has the largest parade. Flag Day is a three-day event in Three Oaks, Michigan. They have the largest and oldest flag in the nation. June 12 – 18 is National Flag Week. June 14 is also the birthday of the U.S. Army.
A modern, most famous painting of the U.S. flag (titled “Flag) was created by American painter Jasper Johns in 1955. He made an “encaustic” painting which means he used hot wax, or heated beeswax, and colored pigments which were applied to a canvas. In 2014, Johns’ flag was auctioned off for 36 million dollars.
A flag represents a nations’ freedom and ideals, loyalty to a nation, a belief in liberty, justice and unity. Our U.S. flag is called “Old Glory” or the “star-spangled banner.” Colors, emblems, shapes on a flag are deeply symbolic. Vigilance, perseverance, justice, prosperity, peace, revolution, determination, valor, freedom. Flags represent the art and spirit of a people.
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