Portland Flag Association Publication 1 Portland Flag Association “Free, and Worth Every Penny!” Issue 27 July 2010 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Let Your Flags Wave Let Your Flags Wave 1 By John Hood (1960) from France Most of you know that I maintain August 04- Cook Islands, New Zealand Flag Retirement Ceremony 2 a database of occasions to fly (P) Constitution Day (1965) Flags in the News 3 flags. I don’t pretend that it is August 05- Peace River, BC, Can. (F) Flag Adopted (1970) July 2010 Flutterings 4 absolute, but it is pretty thorough. August 06- Bolivia (P) Independence Day Next Meeting Announcement 5 Some dates can be argued, but none are without some prove- (1825) from Spain Flag Related Websites 5 nance. For example, Flag Day August 07- Larrakian Aboriginals, Aus. 6 (F) Flag First Flown (1996) Flag Quiz does not necessarily equate to August 08- West Linn, OR, USA (P) City our June 14th, but rather the day Incorporated (1913) that seems most important to the August 09- Singapore (P) Independence flag of that country. I have Day (1965) from Malaysia abridged the list drastically, taking August 10- Missouri, USA (P) Admission only one occasion per day for the Day (1821) next two months and trying not August 11- Chad (P) Independence Day to repeat locations. If you find (1960) from France any error, let me know—if you August 12- Sacramento, CA, USA (F) have the flags, fly them. Flag Adopted (1989) August 13- Central African Republic (P) Independence Day (1960) from France August 14- Pakistan (F) Independence Day (1947) from UK August 15- Asunción, Paraguay (P) Founding of the City (1537) August 16- Liechtenstein (P) Franz Josef II's Birthday (1906) August 17- Indonesia (P) Independence Day (1945) from Netherlands August 19- Bahrain (F) Flag Confirmed (P) Primary Holiday (F) Flag Day (1972) August 01- Switzerland (P) National “There is hopeful sym- August 20- Flag Society of Australia (P) Day (1291) Founding Day (1983) bolism in the fact that August 02- British Columbia, Can. (P) August 22- Coquitlam, BC, Can. (P) City British Columbia Day flags do not wave in a Incorporated (1891) vacuum.” August 03- Niger (P) Independence Day (Continued on page 2) — Arthur C. Clarke If you wish to compliment the editor, or to contribute in the future, contact John Hood at 503-238-7666 or [email protected]. If you wish to complain, call your mother. 2 Portland Flag Association Publication Let Your Flags Wave September 12- American Indian Movement (P) National Sovereignty Flag Retirement (Continued from page 1) Day (1995) Ceremony September 13- Palestine (P) Self Gov- August 23- Doniawerstal, FR, Neth. (F) ernment (1993) By Michael Orelove Flag Adopted (1963) September 14- Regina, SK, Can. (F) The Flag Code: Title 4, United August 24- Ukraine (P) Independence Flag Granted (1992) States Code, Chapter 1, Section 8 (k) Day (1991) from USSR September 15- Boston, MA, USA (P) - (Respect for the flag), states: The August 25- New Orleans, LA, USA (P) City Founded (1630) flag, when it is in such condition City Founded (1718) September 16- Mexico (P) Began War that it is no longer a fitting emblem of Independence (1810) from Spain for display, should be destroyed in September 17- Tuva, Russia (F) Flag a dignified way, preferably by burn- Adopted (1992) ing. September 18- Chile (P) Independence Day (1810) from Spain On Flag Day, Monday June 14, Mi- September 19- Saint Kitts and Nevis chael Orelove and Kathleen Forrest (P) Independence Day (1983) from UK went to Willamette National Ceme- September 20- Tulsa County, OK, August 26- Red Deer, AB, Can. (F) Flag tery for a flag retirement ceremony. USA (F) Flag Adopted (1975) Adopted (1977) Michael has been to various flag re- September 21- Malta (P) Independence August 27- Phalaborwa, South Africa (F) tirement ceremonies and noted that Day (1964) from UK Flag Adopted (1979) each one is different, since there September 22- Mali (P) Independence August 28- Saint Augustine, FL, USA are no "official" procedures for Day (1960) from France (P) City Founded (1565) disposing of the flags. This ceremony September 23- Saudi Arabia (P) Foun- August 29- Slovakia (P) Slovak National dation of the Kingdom (1932) included a bagpiper and military Uprisings Day (1968) September 24- Kwazulu/Natal, South honor guard. A few speakers spoke August 30- Tataria, Russia (P) Republic Africa (P) King Shaka's Birthday (1787) about honoring the flag and the Day (1990) September 25- Derio, Biscay, Spain (F) military personnel who fought under August 31- Montgomery County, MD, Flag Adopted (2003) the flag and those who died. The USA (P) County established (1776) September 26- Ecuador (F) Flag Day Pledge of Allegiance was said. Mi- September 01- Libya (P) Revolution Day (1860) (1969) chael and others brought flags for disposal. September 02- Kosovo, Serbia (P) Procla- mation of the Republic (1991) The cemetery has a special container September 03- Australia (F) Flag Day for the flag disposal, which is a pro- (1901) pane fueled metal box, open at the September 04- Nicaragua (F) Flag Adopted (1908) top. The honor guard took one of September 05- Saratov Region, Russia the flags and while two members (F) Flag Adopted (1996) held the flag horizontally, as if to September 27- Barra, Hebrides, UK September 06- Bonaire, Netherlands fold it, another member cut out the (P) St. Barr's (Finnbar) Day Antilles (P) Bonaire Day canton and then each of the 13 September 28- Thailand (F) Flag Day September 07- Moscow, Russia (City) (P) stripes. The 14 pieces were then (1917) Founding of the City (1147) placed into the container and burned. September 29- Falkland Islands, UK September 08- Andorra (P) La Vierge de (F) Flag Adopted (1948) This was the end of the ceremony. Meritxell September 30- Botswana (P) Botswana Then the other flags, which were September 09- California, USA (P) Ad- Day (1966) independence from UK not cut, were placed in the fire. mission Day (1850) September 11- Catalonia, Spain (P) Cata- lonia Day (1977) Portland Flag Association Publication 3 America was now represented by a 15 Flags in the News and Elsewhere star, 15 stripe banner, the first and only time the flag officially had more than thir- Ken Ray in Salem has proven that teen stripes. you don’t have to attend meetings Captains Meriwether Lewis and William to participate. He sent pictures of a Clark carried this flag on their journey vintage card game he found on line. from St. Lewis to the Pacific Ocean. Has anyone else seen or played this Michael and Kathleen carried their flag game? It appears to be c. 1908- from Gresham and Troutdale to the 1912 since there are 46 stars on the ocean. U.S. Flag, although the pattern is John Niggley told about, and subse- wrong. It should be 8-7-8-8-7-8 quently emailed pictures of, a project rather than 8-7-8-7-8-8. Appar- his uncle undertook. His uncle has a ently, several manufacturers mar- mountain house north of Atlanta and keted this game around the turn of has a Coca-Cola logo on the barn. the last century. After building a new retaining wall, he thought it should also be decorated. Michael raises the flag Here was part of the process: Michael Orelove is growing an American flag in his flower bed at his home in Gresham. The flowers for the stripes of the flag are Impatiens: “Accent Scarlet” for the red stripes and “Accent White” for the white. The flowers for the blue canton are “Crystal Palace” Lobelia. Michael is holding a sparkler to celebrate the 4th of July at his garden bed. On the trail of Lewis and Clark Michael Orelove and Kathleen Forrest went to the end of the Lewis and Clark trail at Cape Disappointment in Wash- ington State, across the Columbia River from Astoria Oregon. They took a 15 star and 15 stripe American flag with them. This flag became the official United States flag on May 1, 1795. Two stars and two stripes were added for the ad- mission of Vermont and Kentucky. (Continued on page 5) 4 Portland Flag Association Publication July 2010 Flutterings You Need to Know Michael Orelove showed us a copy sees the symbolism of the flag of the National Geographic Maga- through the eyes of a foreign his- zine of October 1917, the flag torian, while Haitian Vodou number, he found on the internet. Flags by Patrick Arthur Polk is It’s good to know that there are still just that—an illustrated history of copies out there; after all, about the trappings of the vodou cul- 750,000 were printed. For years it ture. Scott’s last book was The was the reference for anyone inter- Soiling of Old Glory by Louis P. ested in flags. He also promised to Masur. order 4”x6” table flags of the new PFA Flag, to be available to anyone at his cost. Michael also showed a Ted Kaye showed us a beautifully book he had picked up. It was carved and inlaid wooden box (but Randy Howe’s 2nd edition of Flags no cigars) in the form of the Cuban of the Fifty States. The first edition flag that Mason brought back from was rife with errors, so hopefully a visit there. He also showed an this edition is better. album of Kensitas cigarettes that holds small silk pictures of flags Patrick Genna brought several tid- from many nations. Ted reminded bits for “Flags in the News,” also us that NAVA 44 is coming up in his flag puzzler.