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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 57
June 14, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives AUGUST and VOS. Referred to
Committee on Rules.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
Relating to: recognizing June 14, 2023, as Flag Day.
Whereas, Flag Day is nationally celebrated annually on June 14th,
commemorating the adoption of the flag of the United States; and
Whereas, the flag of the United States is recognized as a symbol of our shared
values as a nation, including liberty and justice for all; and
Whereas, Bernard John Cigrand, a school teacher in Waubeka, Wisconsin, held
the first recognized formal observance of Flag Day at the Stony Hill School; and
Whereas, Flag Day gives citizens of the United States an opportunity to
rededicate themselves to the ideals of our nation's founding and to consider what the
flag of the United States means to them; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
Legislature recognizes June 14, 2023, to be Flag Day.
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