Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It is time now for our community connection and ladies
Speaker 1: from the dar Welcome, welcome, welcome. What do we have
Speaker 1: going on today?
Speaker 2: Well, thank you, good morning, Devin, Dana.
Speaker 1: You're dressed up for something pretty good. I think Flag
Speaker 1: Days coming up.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, it is Saturday, June fourteenth, which.
Speaker 3: Is the official day. However, we're backing it up just
Speaker 3: one day and we will have the honor of talking
Speaker 3: about how important in our United States flag is at
Speaker 3: the library. The library, Thank you Kylie Robertson, the library director,
Speaker 3: who has graciously said yes, we may use the northwest
Speaker 3: corner of the property where the giant flagpole is. Will
Speaker 3: assemble there nine o'clock Friday morning, June the thirteenth. I know,
Speaker 3: Friday the thirteenth, but that's fine.
Speaker 1: Well, let's tell you what we got the flag behind us.
Speaker 1: We're good, absolutely, yeah, so Wide Flag Day.
Speaker 3: Well, you know what's interesting about our flag? It's important anyway.
Speaker 3: I think everybody kind of gets that catch, especially if
Speaker 3: they are veterans or in first responder positions. They all
Speaker 3: have something that's probably particular about that. But one of
Speaker 3: the things I learned in dar Is that during the
Speaker 3: Revolutionary War period, one of the well I guess you'd
Speaker 3: call them sort of immigrant patriots and came to be
Speaker 3: well known, didn't have a flag on his ship. And
Speaker 3: when he began to try to land, either in Denmark
Speaker 3: or the Netherlands, somewhere in western Europe, he did not
Speaker 3: have a flag. And that meant you were a pirate
Speaker 3: if you had no banner of a country from whom
Speaker 3: you hailed or supported you. And that was kind of
Speaker 3: in there. There's this odd flag called a Serapis flag
Speaker 3: that looks a little bit different. I should have brought it,
Speaker 3: but Benjamin Franklin just happened to be in France. I mean,
Speaker 3: this is before you know, copy machines and scans and
Speaker 3: all that stuff. Anyway, he's sketched off this crazy flag
Speaker 3: now called the Serapis, got it to the man so
Speaker 3: that he could have a flag of the United States.
Speaker 3: And this is of course before we were completely independent.
Speaker 3: But as we know, flags have been important for hundreds
Speaker 3: of years, and ours, of course has changed a little
Speaker 3: bit over the years. But it originally started with just
Speaker 3: the thirteen stars for the colonies and the stars the
Speaker 3: stripes have not changed, but the star numbers have changed.
Speaker 1: Now. We had a resolution that was made saying this
Speaker 1: is going to be Flag Day. A lot of things,
Speaker 1: a lot of thought went into it. We want to
Speaker 1: go to go into that a little bit.
Speaker 3: Well, looking at me, well.
Speaker 2: Actually, I would like to just say you ask why
Speaker 2: Flag Day? If I can talk on that. Daughters of
Speaker 2: American Revolution are very very patriotic group. We honor our veterans,
Speaker 2: we are historic preservation and education, and so why Flag Day.
Speaker 2: We want to honor our flag, We want to respect
Speaker 2: our country. We want to educate the public, which is
Speaker 2: what we're doing today. What is the flag? How did
Speaker 2: the flag get started? Why do we have the certain
Speaker 2: amount of stars and the stripes and all that. So
Speaker 2: we are inviting the community to come to educate them,
Speaker 2: but also to honor respect our flag and just show
Speaker 2: our patriotism. So I will let Donna answer that question.
Speaker 3: Well, in the early years, particularly in seventeen seventy seven,
Speaker 3: the Continental Congress at that time resolved to deal with
Speaker 3: this issue of the banner or the flag's design, And
Speaker 3: of course it was done at that time, but it
Speaker 3: was a long time before what we call Flag Day
Speaker 3: became an official standardized date, and that came much much
Speaker 3: much later with President Wilson, that would have been like
Speaker 3: nineteen sixteen, and then President Coolidge again in nineteen twenty seven,
Speaker 3: and they actually made a proclamation that was established officially
Speaker 3: in nineteen forty nine with President Truman. So that date,
Speaker 3: that June fourteenth, does not change. Obviously, the day of
Speaker 3: the week changes, but it was not made an official holiday,
Speaker 3: so government and city and state buildings, you know, don't
Speaker 3: get that vacation day. However, we still think it's an
Speaker 3: important one. And we see all sorts of organizations around
Speaker 3: our country that proudly fly the flag their businesses, at
Speaker 3: their offices, and we're on their clothing, all sorts of places.
Speaker 3: And it'll be fun this Friday because we will have
Speaker 3: Scout Troop five that is chartered by Saint John at
Speaker 3: the Latin Gate Catholic Church. Their troop will be there
Speaker 3: to raise the flag, give the call the colors, all
Speaker 3: of that. Our brothers and sons of the American Revolution
Speaker 3: will be there as well in their colonial garb, and
Speaker 3: our own Chief, Kevin Micheleberry will be there to speak
Speaker 3: a few words on what the flag means to the
Speaker 3: law enforcement in particular, and it won't be a long service,
Speaker 3: you know, it'll be somewhat simple, but we hope it'll
Speaker 3: be important to those who come. And if it should
Speaker 3: rain pouring down, Robertson has graciously said, yes, come inside
Speaker 3: the building, into the foyer and into the display room,
Speaker 3: and we'll assemble there and do basically the same thing
Speaker 3: without raising and lowering the flag. So come with an umbrella.
Speaker 3: Maybe that will chase the rain away at least for
Speaker 3: a little while, and we will still honor our flag
Speaker 3: on Friday morning.
Speaker 1: Now DAAR stands for Daughters of American Revolution. Now, yes,
Speaker 1: you were telling me something just before we came on
Speaker 1: the air about the Battle of Brandywine where the yes,
Speaker 1: the flag was first carried into battle. You got some
Speaker 1: kind of a time.
Speaker 2: Yes, So when I found out, so my patriot he
Speaker 2: fought in the Revolutionary War on the American side, has
Speaker 2: to be on the American side, and he was a
Speaker 2: wagon master, and he fought with General Washington in the
Speaker 2: Battle of Brandywine, and the flag of the design that
Speaker 2: it is now was first carried in that battle. So
Speaker 2: I thought that was very interesting that my patriot was
Speaker 2: there where our flag was first carried into battle.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, So we would encourage women to dig out those
Speaker 3: genealogy books that probably their mother or their grandmother started,
Speaker 3: or even they've started themselves, and do some looking about
Speaker 3: from where their history came. It's almost always interesting and
Speaker 3: sometimes very revealing, and there may be a scoundrel or
Speaker 3: two in there, but that makes it a little bit
Speaker 3: more fun and interesting as well.
Speaker 2: So why join Daughters of the American Revolution? Our Sons
Speaker 2: of American Revolution? Like I said before, we are patriotic
Speaker 2: and we do what we can to help the community.
Speaker 2: So we are in there serving our community, honoring our veterans.
Speaker 2: Whenever we can. We honor a veteran at every meeting,
Speaker 2: and we go to the Veterans Parade Memorial service at
Speaker 2: the White ROAs ceremony. So whenever we have the opportunity
Speaker 2: to honor our veterans and to serve in the community.
Speaker 2: So why join the DAR to just help. We have
Speaker 2: received so much in this country. We can all give
Speaker 2: some back, So that's what we want to do.
Speaker 1: You know, since we are celebrating Flag Day, we've got
Speaker 1: a lot of symbolism for the United States. I like
Speaker 1: to go into that a little bit.
Speaker 3: Well, the thirteen stripes of course for those original thirteen
Speaker 3: and nowadays, of course we have fifty stars, and that
Speaker 3: changed a little bit over time. I'm old enough to
Speaker 3: remember when those last two states began to get added
Speaker 3: to the flag, but at this I didn't know until
Speaker 3: I did some research. But the red is symbolic of
Speaker 3: heartiness or valor, the white is for purity and innocence,
Speaker 3: the blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice. So those are
Speaker 3: kind of typical colors that have always had some symbolism,
Speaker 3: but they're particularly poignant as we look at our banner,
Speaker 3: and of course not just something that we are particularly
Speaker 3: fond of, but you look at the scouting groups around town.
Speaker 3: They are very cautious and careful about how they handle
Speaker 3: the flag, how it's presented, particularly at night or in
Speaker 3: inclement weather, and how they dispose of it. If you've
Speaker 3: never been to a seriously proper disposal of torn at
Speaker 3: tattered flags, you'll probably need a handkerchief or tissue to use,
Speaker 3: because it is very very clearly defined on how you
Speaker 3: cut it, how you manipulate it, and how you dispose
Speaker 3: of it. And so that's fun. And then of course
Speaker 3: some of us I have My husband has his father's
Speaker 3: and I have my father's flag that's been folded, you know,
Speaker 3: into the typical triangle because they were both differents and
Speaker 3: my uncles at the time of their death, and so
Speaker 3: you that's always bittersweet in a way when you look
Speaker 3: at that. When I go through the room and I
Speaker 3: see that, I think, yeah, what they did mattered.
Speaker 2: So a few things about the flag. When you see
Speaker 2: the flag coming into the room it's being presented, you
Speaker 2: always face the flag and you salute it until it
Speaker 2: is stationed. And then when they take the flag back out,
Speaker 2: you always salute it and you face the flag until
Speaker 2: it is out of the room. When you are putting
Speaker 2: your flags up, if you have more than one flag,
Speaker 2: the flag is always on its own right when you
Speaker 2: post it up maybe on the wall. The stars are
Speaker 2: always on its own right. The only time and I
Speaker 2: found this out about a year ago during a blood drive.
Speaker 2: There was a gentleman and I didn't know he was
Speaker 2: a veteran at a time at the time, but he
Speaker 2: had a flag on his right shoulder and the stars
Speaker 2: you're on its own left. And I said, how can that?
Speaker 2: Why are the stars on its own left? And he said,
Speaker 2: because when you are in the service, you never you
Speaker 2: never back down. So the stars are always forward because
Speaker 2: you always go forward to help a brother in need.
Speaker 2: So I never knew that. So if you see the
Speaker 2: flag on a shirt and the stars are not on
Speaker 2: its own right, that's why. Interesting fact. Yeah, interesting fact
Speaker 2: that I never knew until this veteran after he gave
Speaker 2: blood that my blood's right. You mentioned that so well, there's.
Speaker 1: So many things that I know that we're going to
Speaker 1: learn so many more coming up. On the thirteenth, the
Speaker 1: day before Flag Days, we celebrate Flag Day here in
Speaker 1: Bartletsville once again. We're going to be at the library.
Speaker 3: What corner, the northwest corner, so you'll be facing the
Speaker 3: fire station basically you'll see it just to the west
Speaker 3: across the street on Johnstone.
Speaker 2: And what time we'll be there five till nine. It
Speaker 2: starts at nine, So get there right, come aheads, come in.
Speaker 3: You're late.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 1: I want to thank you both for being here and
Speaker 1: thank you for sharing all this information as well. And
Speaker 1: we'll send folks right on out and uh we'll have
Speaker 1: a looks like the weather is going to cooperate nicely.
Speaker 2: Thank you, ladies, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3: Thank you,