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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Hae: Flag
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Bihainim: Follow
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “It is the tail that makes the kite fly.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
(Samuel Johnson)

The first flag was created by Betsy Ross, who in June 1776, was a widow struggling to run her own upholstery business. Impressed with her sewing skills, members of the Continental Congress including George Washington, entrusted Betsy with making the first U.S. flag.

The idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the flag is believed to have first originated in 1885 by B.J. Cigrand, a Wisconsin schoolteacher. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress. Flag Day is not an official federal holiday.

Fortunately, those pretend-patriotic zealots who have attempted to constitutionally outlaw desecration of the U.S. flag have so far been unsuccessful.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY - June 14th
1903: In an experiment which became a rousing success, Ironwood trees planted at Kapi’olani Park on Oahu show just how hardy they can be even by the ocean, with salt mist. They grow like weeds. During the next ten years, Ironwoods are planted on Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island, and depending on who you ask, are either a wonderful and resourceful bit of greenery, or a “non-native invasive species.”1642: First compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts

1775: U.S. Army founded
1777: Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag
1842: “Bear” flag of the Republic of California first raised by American settlers at Sonoma
1900: Hawaiian Republic becomes the U.S. Territory of Hawaii
1942: Walt Disney’s “Bambi” is released
1944: First B-29 raid against mainland Japan
1951: First commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
1953: Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tenn
1954: President Eisenhower signs order adding words “under God” to the Pledge
1985: Shiite Muslim extremists hijack a airplane and hold the passengers for 16 days
1989: Ground breaking begins in Minnesota on the world’s largest mall, the Mega-Mall! (Re-named to ‘Mall of America’ before it opened.)

BORN ON THIS DAY - June 14th
1896: Harriet Beecher Stowe, author
1928: Che Guevara, communist tactician of guerrilla warfare
1933: Jerzy Kosinski, writer
1961: Boy George O’Dowd, rock musician
1969: Steffi Graf, tennis player
1946: Donald Trump, real estate developer, TV personality
1971: Traylor Howard, actress
1992: Daryl Sabara, actor