American Flag People
This person wrote a song inspired by seeing the flag survive a battle.
Francis Scott Key
This date on the calendar commemorates the day we honor the flag every year.
June 14th
The stars on the flag symbolize what?
The 50 states
The Pledge of Allegiance is said while standing with your right hand over what?
Your heart
Betsy Ross sewed the first flag.
False
Who can order the flag to be flown at half staff?
The President and the Governor of any state.
Flag Day was officially declared by Woodrow Wilson on what day?
August 3, 1949
The stripes on the flag symbolize what?
The original 13 colonies.
When bringing the flag to half mast, it should first be brought to ____________ then lowered to __________.
full mast / half mast
The American Flag is also known as Old Glory.
True
Who gets honored by having a flag draped over their casket at their funeral?
American Veterans and elected government servants.
Flag Day is celebrated as a state holiday in what state?
Pennsylvania
The field of stars on the flag is known as _________.
the union
The flag can be flown at night while _____________.
illuminated
When reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, military personnel in uniform must stand at military salute.
True
The flag on the moon when this person set it down the first time he walked on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Who is said to have organized the first official Flag Day celebration?
George Morris
The color red signifies what?
hardiness and valor
What is the proper way to store the flag once it is brought down for the day?
Folded in a triangle.
The white color on the flag signifies tears for lives lost in battle.
False
Who actually sewed the first American flag?
Mary Young Pickersgill
Americans are encouraged to do what on flag day?
Fly the flag
The color blue signifies what?
Vigilance, perseverance, and justice.
When displayed with other flags of lower municipalities, the American Flag always flies _______________.
highest and to the right of all other flags.
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