Editorial: On Flag Day, Americans should treasure our emblem

Published online June 5, 2012 Published The Advocate June 11, 2009 Photo shot on June 9, 2009 Salute to Stars and Stripes American flags wave in the breeze at the USS Kidd Veterans Memorial & Museum on the Mississippi River. Flag Day is observed each June 14 to commemorate the day the Stars and Stripes were officially adopted as the U.S. flag in 1777. (Advocate file photo by BILL FEIG) Keywords USS Kidd holiday Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG. Photo shot on 6/9/09 — Trax #00017462a — Slug: FlappingFlags — Flags flap in the breeze at the USS Kidd memorial on the Mississippi River. The river water is up now, but is dropping at a rate of about one-foot per day. And Flag Day is June 14th.