Dublin VA to hold public Flag Day ceremony Friday

The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center will host its annual Flag Day ceremony June 14 at 8:15 a.m. on its front lawn to honor the nation’s most sacred symbol. 

The ceremony will include an official flag-raising by the Dublin VA Police Department, an invocation, musical accompaniment and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Celebrated on June 14, Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day and in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an act of Congress. Although U.S. law prescribes the display of the Flag and Flag Day by statute, Flag Day is not an official federal holiday and is observed at the President’s discretion by presidential proclamation.

VA communications director Frank Jordan invited the public to join VA staff and veterans in honoring the national standard. 

“Our country will only thrive as long as we honor the customs and traditions that have made us strong. People need symbols and our national standard is the most potent and inspiring symbol that we have. Our medical center director and our entire Dublin VA team invite everyone to join us for this brief but powerful ceremony,” Jordan said.

Attendees will gather at the medical center’s main flagpole on its front lawn by the medical center entrance at Veterans Blvd. at 8:15 a.m.

For more information, contact Frank Jordan at Frank.Jordan2@va.gov. Anyone interested in more about this and other events at the medical center is encouraged to visit Facebook at “Dublin VA Medical Center.”