Most Beautiful Flag : - President Eisenhower. ‘urges all Ameri‘cane to pay tribute on June 14, Flag Day, to the Stars and. Stripes as a banner under ! which “people of varied heritage, creed and race have found surcease oy ehae| sion.” In his Flag Day. phoclaraatiot: the Presi- dent said that “‘it is fitting that we should observe this anniversary by solemn con-— _ templation of the meaning of the flag we honor. We should remember that it is em-blematic of our nation itself; that our aspirations, our principles, our whole character as a people Ape symbolized in the Stars and Stripes.” - June 14 is observed as. Flag Day because it was upon June 14, 1777, that the Continental Congress adopteda design for the national flag. “The flag of the United States shall be 13 stripes, alternate red and white, with a union of 13 stars of white on a blue field, representing a new con- a few dan ago Americans were red stellation. nee A dispatch from london reported that some faced because they did not know the Wash- ington family coat of arms, which contained stars and stripes, inspired the design of the U.S. flag. Encyclopaedia No less authority than Britannica says there is no evidence to support the theory. The inspiration probably came from _ other. re pes flags of the period. “ - Americans agree no nation has a more beautiful flag than the one we call Old Glory. It deserves to be displayed more often by more Americans.