Dallas, Texas – July 7, 2016

Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of
the United States, which happened on June 14th.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established
June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act
of Congress. Flag Day is not an official federal holiday.

The oldest continuing Flag Day parade is in Fairfield, Washington. It began in 1909
or 1910, Fairfield has held a parade every year since.

The idea for the Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon was presented to the
public in a speech by Mayor Harry Lane at the end of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Exposition in 1905. The first festival occurred in 1907.

One of our most popular events during Rose Festival time in Portland is the
Starlight Parade the offers fun for everyone. From traditional marching bands
and flood-lit floats. This years pageant will be celebrating 40 years in the city
of Portland. 

Harry Lane (1855-1917)

Lane was elected mayor of Portland in 1905
and again in 1907. He appointed Lola G.
Baldwin as the first policewoman in the
nation.

Hose company #20 – 1st prize winner in the 1908 Rose Parade.

Electric Float, Portland Rose Festival in 1909.

National Doughnut Day, or National Donut Day, is celebrated in the U.S.
on the first Friday of June each year, succeeding the Doughnut Day event
created by The Salvation Army in 1938 that honored those of their members
who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. Many doughnut shops
will be offering free doughnuts today.  

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National Doughnut Day started in 1938^[1] as a fund raiser for Chicago‘s The Salvation Army. Their goal was to help those in need during the Great Depression, and to honor The Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served doughnuts to

ROSS SIMPSON

Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman) is 75 today.

Zimmerman changed his name to Dylan after the poet Dylan
Thomas. He was born a Jew, but converted to Christianity.

While studying at the University of Minnesota, he became more 
interested in folk music than rock and roll.