Others call me Star Spangled Banner. But whatever you call me, I am your flag.” Those words opened the Flag Day flag retirement ceremony conducted by Boy Scout Troop 99 and Cub Scout Pack 19 for ...

Cigrand, now known as the Father of Flag Day, continued to publicly advocate the observance of June 14 as the flag's birthday, or "Flag Day," for years. Just a few years later, the efforts of ...