Posts Tagged ‘Immigrants’
AMERICA AT 250
Two hundred and fifty years post-Declaration of Independence, is America’s glass half-full or half-empty? I’m no Pollyanna. I junked my rose-colored glasses and other items from the ’60s a long time ago. But last week, in “Flying With Resilience,” I wrote that air travel these days demands resilience—the ability to roll with the punches when…
Read MoreJUST WHAT IS THE FLAG?
What piece of cloth doubles as a lightning rod? The American flag. Today (June 14) being Flag Day, that’s worth talking about. On this date in 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted the American flag—thirteen stars then. President Wilson established Flag Day in 1916. In 1949, Congress legislated National Flag Day. The American flag is…
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