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June 13, 2010
WOLF CREEK HERITAGE MUSEUM NOTES by Virginia Scott MUSEUM HAPPENINGS As you may recall columns are written on Monday and Tuesday for the Thursday paper. I always write on Monday and today is flag day but I can't fly our flags because I am afraid it is going to rain some more. LaVaun Kraft our official weather person registered 4.75 for Lipscomb from last night rain. It was scary for awhile but the rain was welcomed. We needed it badly. We are finishing the stories for the book and will worked with the publishers on final layouts,etc. So stay tuned for progress reports. This Saturday is the third Saturday and the official start of summer in Lipscomb. Activities will start with the Reception for Denise Clark at the museum from 4 pm to 7 pm. This is followed with the opening of the Dance Platform at the Naturally Yours Gallery. Please plan to join us and enjoy the art, the conversations and the music in the beautiful downtown Lipscomb. The Texas Plains Trail will join Hansford (Spearman) Post Office for its 24th stamp cancellation this Wednesday at 11:00 AM. These cancellations are once a week to celebrate our 52 county region. Stamp collectors from across the world are ordering these special series. Lipscomb will occur in September. So if you are in Spearman on Wednesday drop by and celebrate Spearman. HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS June the 14th is Flag Day. National flags are not merely symbols of a country. Their colors and designs convey past history and future goals. Flags have powerful connotations. They speak to the people and politicians. Americans take the treatment of their flag seriously and rules are included in the code of ethics for how the flag can be used and displayed i.e. the American flag cannot be used for advertising, cannot cover a monument or ceiling and no one should write on an American flag. The standardized flag was approved in 1912. The flag is called the "Stars and Stripes" or "Old Glory". It is one of the most complicated in the world. The flag requires 64 pieces of fabric to make; has 13 red and white alternating stripes (the original 13 states) and 50 stars(one for each state of the union) on a blue background. The flag is recognized through our salute in The Pledge of Allegiance and when singing the National Anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". There have been many poems and songs written about the flag and I concluded this week's column with the one entitled Old Glory by Howard Schnauber, WWII Vet.
I am the flag of the United States of America. My name is Old Glory. |
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