Mrs. Jacqueline Oberholtzer, right, and her second-grade class at North Wales Elementary School show their excitement and Flag Day skills learned duri
Second-graders at North Wales Elementary, Oak Park Elementary, and Spring-Ford Elementary celebrated Flag Day a few days early with help from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
Members from the Towamencin Chapter DAR visited classrooms at the schools on Monday with the patriotic program that included flag etiquette, how to fold a flag 13 times into a triangle, Betsy Ross’ technique for making a five-pointed star with one snip of a scissors, and reading “America’s Flag Story,” by Karen S. Robbins. A copy of the book was then donated to each school’s library.
Each student received a goodie bag containing items with an American flag motif.
In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated each year on June 14, and commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
About DAR
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is a non-political service organization that promotes historic preservation, education, and patriotism, and is open to any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence. For more information about DAR visit www.dar.org
See also:
Local DAR Chapters Honor Area Vietnam Veterans
Towamencin DAR Sponsors Wreaths Across America Event
Towamencin DAR Ships Christmas Care Packages to Troops Overseas
Towamencin DAR Provides 18 Dozen Donuts to Residents of Southeastern Veterans Center
Towamencin DAR to Celebrate Constitution Day Sept. 16
