Flag Day observance set for Saturday, June 12th

Submitted// June 10, 2021

On Saturday June 12^th the Sapulpa Elks Lodge #1118 will honor and celebrate the national observance for the symbol of our country – Flag Day. This will be 10 a.m. at Martha’s Corner.

On June 14, 1777, Congress made the following resolution: “The flag of the United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white on a blue field…”. Our first flag was designed specifically to honor the original 13 colonies by the representation of the 13 stars and 13 stripes. As additional states were added to the union the original 13 stripes remain in honor of the original colonies and additional stars were added to the field of blue to represent the newest members of the union. Our current flag has 13 stripes and 50 stars.

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