Flag Day

Today, June 14th is Flag Day.
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A small, but always acknowledged holiday when I was a kid ~ and much bigger the generation before. To the left, Dad, 13, carries a flag with a group of children through Yorkville to 84th Street between York and East End Avenues, where my grandmother gave a patriotic speech.
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Tracking the small holidays was important to me, it gave me special connection to the past. I depended on my Farmer's Almanac calendar to tell me what to celebrate and when to celebrate.
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At the very bottom, left to right, is Leslie Henits and me, holding the flag, for the playing of the "Green Berets," in St. Stephen of Hungary's 1967 talent show. We were really stiff to back into that talent.
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