Join us June 11th – June 14th, 2012, 9 am until 5 pm
for our annual Flag Exchange:
Bring your worn or frayed flag to the McClain Insurance office at 10410 19th Ave SE – Everett WA 98208 (immediately South of Costco.) We will exchange it for a free new flag. Collected flags will be retired respectfully in a ceremony hosted by the Boy Scouts of America.
How much do you know about the “Stars and Stripes”? Brush up your flag knowledge in time for Flag Day and the Fourth of July, then share it at the next backyard barbecue…
- When the flag is folded, what is its final shape and how many folds does it take to get there?
- What day is Flag Day?
- The US Flag has several nick names… List three of them.
- On what holiday does the flag fly on half-mast until noon, then full mast from noon to sunset?
- What’s the furthest place the flag has traveled to?
- How many stars and stripes are on the Stars and Stripes?
- How should a worn flag be retired?
- Who cut the American Flag into pieces and was even honored for doing it?
- What is a vexillologist?
- What does “Shipwreck” Kelly have to do with flags?
Did you know them all? Please scroll down for the answers.
- The flag is folded 13 times, into a triangle.
- Flag Day is on June 14th. The holiday was developed by a school teacher and signed into law in 1949.
- Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory
- On Memorial Day
- To the moon.
- 13 Stripes to represent the 13 original colonies, and 50 Stars to represent the 50 States.
- If a flag is worn beyond repair, it may be retired respectfully by burning it. This is part of a special ceremony that is held by American Legions, Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts.
- Robert Peary cut the flag into pieces and left them scattered at the North Pole.
- A vexillogist is an expert in the history and study of flags.
- “Shipwreck” Kelly was famous for ‘flagpole-sitting’, a popular activitiy in the 1920’s. Kelly once set a record by spending 49 days sitting on one flag pole.