In honor of Flag Day on June 14th, McClain Insurance is hosting the annual Flag Exchange Program. Our clients and neighbors are invited to stop by our office (10410 19th Ave SE in Everett, WA – just South of Costco) during the week of June 9 – 13, 2014 and exchange worn and faded flags for a free new stars and stripes.
It’s just our way to say THANK YOU to our community, to those who fight and have fought to protect our freedom, and to honor our beautiful country! Let us fly some bright red, white and blue colors in our neighborhoods this summer!
As you raise your new flag, why not take a quiz and test yourself (and your kiddos) on their flag trivia? Brush up your flag knowledge in time for Flag Day and the Fourth of July, then share it at the next backyard barbecue!
US Flag Trivia
- When the flag is folded, what is its final shape and how many folds does it take to get there?
- What day is Flag Day?
- The US Flag has several nick names… List three of them.
- On what holiday does the flag fly on half-mast until noon, then full mast from noon to sunset?
- What’s the furthest place the flag has traveled to?
- How many stars and stripes are on the Stars and Stripes?
- How should a worn flag be retired?
- Who cut the American Flag into pieces and was even honored for doing it?
- What is a vexillologist?
- What does “Shipwreck” Kelly have to do with flags?
Did you know them all? Please scroll down for the answers.
- The flag is folded 13 times, into a triangle.
- Flag Day is on June 14th. The holiday was developed by a school teacher and signed into law in 1949.
- Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory
- On Memorial Day
- To the moon.
- 13 Stripes to represent the 13 original colonies, and 50 Stars to represent the 50 States.
- If a flag is worn beyond repair, it may be retired respectfully by burning it. This is part of a special ceremony that is held by American Legions, Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts.
- Robert Peary cut the flag into pieces and left them scattered at the North Pole.
- A vexillogist is an expert in the history and study of flags.
- “Shipwreck” Kelly was famous for ‘flagpole-sitting’, a popular activitiy in the 1920’s. Kelly once set a record by spending 49 days sitting on one flag pole.