BRENHAM ELKS LODGE OBSERVES FLAG DAY

  

Brenham Elks Lodge #979 observed Flag Day on Wednesday, with the assistance of Scouts from Troops 577, 742 and Pack 577.

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777.

In July 1908, the Elks Grand Lodge provided for the annual nationwide observance of Flag Day on the 14^th of June each year, mandating it for each subordinate lodge in the order.  June 14^th was officially established as Flag Day by a proclamation from President Woodrow Wilson in 1916.

Flag Day was not a national observance until 1949 when President Harry Truman, who was an Elks member, was inspired through his lodge in Independence, Missouri to sign an Act of Congress that dedicated June 14^th to the symbol of the United States.