President Calvin Coolidge issued a similar proclamation in 1927. It didn't really officially become a holiday until President Harry Truman said so in 1949. All other states acknowledge its importance by displaying the flags on homes, and public places. Businesses and churches are optional. Many schools hold programs with the purpose of instilling American pride in the flag and in our country because the flag as so mistreated and disrespected during 1964 to 1975 which was the Viet Nam era when flag-burning was a common expression of resentment to the war.
Some people resent the commercialization of our flag on products.
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