[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 662 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                         June 14, 2004.
Whereas on June 14, 1777, the Stars and Stripes was officially adopted as the 
        national flag of the United States;
Whereas in 1885, Bernard John Cigrand, a school teacher from Waubeka, Wisconsin, 
        urged the students at the public school in Fredonia, Wisconsin, to 
        observe June 14 as ``Flag Birthday'';
Whereas Mr. Cigrand placed a ten inch 38-star flag in an inkwell and instructed 
        his students at Stony Hill School to write essays on what the flag meant 
        to them;
Whereas on May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a Presidential 
        Proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; and
Whereas on August 3, 1949, President Truman signed an Act of Congress 
        designating June 14 of each year as National Flag Day: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) urges the people of the United States to study, reflect on, and 
        celebrate the importance of the flag of the United States;
            (2) encourages the people of the United States to display the flag 
        of the United States in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1 of 
        title 4, United States Code; and
            (3) recognizes that Flag Day originated in Ozaukee County, 
        Wisconsin.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.