![Senator Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/02-10-15_official_hs_omara-hs-040_0.jpg?itok=gJ9N77KJ)
Flag Day, June 14, 2017
June 14, 2017
-
ISSUE:
- patriotism
![](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/article/main-image/pledgeallegience.png?itok=dbHk7wHp)
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, passed the Flag Act of 1777, a resolution creating an official flag for a new nation still struggling to gain its independence...
Read more on the history of Flag Day.
And from the History Channel HERE.
Share this Article or Press Release
Newsroom
Go to Newsroom![New York State Capitol](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/hallofgovernors_9.jpg?itok=IvbvhUI_)
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ~ December 7
December 7, 2015
![Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/pearl_harbor_fb_post_4.png?itok=ujz6yxzF)
![The Watkins Glen Chamber Commerce hosted a "State of the State" event on December 1st.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/800-586-11a_newweb_0.jpg?itok=0b_q3Pfo)
'Small businesses honored for giving'
December 1, 2015
!["Giving Tuesday" falls on December 1st this year.](/sites/default/files/styles/760x377/public/givingtuesday_fb_post_1.jpg?itok=C_OMQTMn)