Flag Day
By Presidential Proclamation; honors and celebrates our flag, our country, and our heritage.

…I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by flying the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other suitable places. I also call upon the people of the United States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day through Independence Day, also set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), as a time to honor America, to celebrate our heritage in public gatherings and activities, and to publicly recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.*

National Flag Day USA: Pause for Pledge
All Americans are asked to pause at 7PM EST to share a moment of nationwide patriotism.

*Presidential Proclamation – Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2007

Related link: Independence Day on the Net – U.S. Flag Etiquette

Creating with Your Heart Day
A day for creating loving and happy thoughts through crafts, art projects, cards and deeds.

Celebrate the day by checking out our craft projects   for inspiration.

photo credit: Kiomye makes crafts by kelsye* via flickr

Crowded Nest Awareness Day
Remember when the kids went away for college and then moved on with their lives, never to return again? Well not any more!

With the unbelievably high cost of life these days, more and more of our big “little ones” are returning to the “empty nest.”   And sometimes with a significant other too! Oy!

So today’s the day for bringing awareness to this phenomenon, as well as to offer support for those suffering parents.

National Flag Week
By Presidential Proclamation; this week, which includes Flag Day (June 14th),  honors and celebrates our flag, our country, and our heritage.

 …I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by flying the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other suitable places. I also call upon the people of the United States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day through Independence Day, also set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), as a time to honor America, to celebrate our heritage in public gatherings and activities, and to publicly recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.*

*Presidential Proclamation – Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2007

Related link: Independence Day on the Net - U.S. Flag Etiquette

Write to Your Fathers Day

Dear Dad, Send money. Now!

A day to write a letter to your father and asking him what is the most exciting thing he has ever done.

And now with a week to go before Father’s Day, stop by our Father’s Day celebration for holiday craft and gift ideas for your dad!

Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2007
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2007, as Flag Day and the week beginning June 10, 2007, as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate officials to display the flag on all Federal Government buildings during that week, and I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National Flag Week by flying the Stars and Stripes from their homes and other suitable places. I also call upon the people of the United States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag Day through Independence Day, also set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), as a time to honor America, to celebrate our heritage in public gatherings and activities, and to publicly recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.

Full Text – Flag Day and National Flag Week 2007 – A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

June is Perennial Gardening Month
Celebrating the most beautiful time of the gardening year. After the April showers and Mays early bulbs, its June that the garden really comes alive with such perennial highlights as roses, lilies, and clematis.

June is also Turkey Lover’s Month!
Turkey is no longer just for Thanksgiving with this month long promotion of a different kinda meat for your summer grilling and eating.

Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
A month long celebration of Gay pride, culminating with parades and festivals across the nation in celebration of the beginning of the struggle for Gay and Lesbian rights with the Stonewall Riot June 28th, 1969.