On Dec. 18, 2001, Congress passed Public Law No. 107-89 designating Sept. 11 as “Patriot Day.” The American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 28, received some suggestions from its national leadership on celebrating Patriot Day and ALA Unit 28 coordinated its first ceremony for this occasion on Sept. 11, 2002. With the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Forty-eight states had laws protecting the flag of our nation from physical desecration. These laws were negated in 1989, by a vote of 5-4, when the Supreme Court ruled that burning the flag of the United States is free speech. That decision went against five previous Supreme Court rulings. So …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
