2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
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2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 57
June 14, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives AUGUST and VOS. Referred to
Committee on Rules.
1 Relating to: recognizing June 14, 2023, as Flag Day.
2 Whereas, Flag Day is nationally celebrated annually on June 14th,
3 commemorating the adoption of the flag of the United States; and
4 Whereas, the flag of the United States is recognized as a symbol of our shared
5 values as a nation, including liberty and justice for all; and
6 Whereas, Bernard John Cigrand, a school teacher in Waubeka, Wisconsin, held
7 the first recognized formal observance of Flag Day at the Stony Hill School; and
8 Whereas, Flag Day gives citizens of the United States an opportunity to
9 rededicate themselves to the ideals of our nation's founding and to consider what the
10 flag of the United States means to them; now, therefore, be it
11 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
12 Legislature recognizes June 14, 2023, to be Flag Day.
13 (END)