[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9377]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  FLAG DAY WEAVES THE NATION TOGETHER

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                          HON. RANDY HULTGREN

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 15, 2017

  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, this week we celebrate the 101 years after 
President Wilson proclaimed June 14th Flag Day, forever weaving 
together two Illinois families.
  The day created to recognize the national importance of that star 
spangled banner followed a years-long campaign by Batavia teacher Dr. 
Bernard Cigrand.
  Our flag's woven seams connect more than stitches of red, white and 
blue, however.
  On that fateful 1916 day, the daughter of the ``Father of Flag Day'' 
happened to share a seventh-grade classroom with a young Marion Moon.
  53 years later, Marion Moon Aldrin's intrepid son planted the first 
American flag-or any flag, for that matter-on the surface of the Moon.
  Pioneering the reaches of space and armed with the American symbol of 
national identify, Buzz Aldrin lived up to his mother's maiden name, 
and honored the legacy of the Cigrand family.
  One Illinois city, two families and our entire nation have been woven 
together by Flag Day.
  May the red, white and blue forever be a beautiful reminder of the 
great spirit of our nation.

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