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[benfilo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Beryl
We live in Barry, when we first took the girls to Florida went down to Marco Island on a trip got to the beach and lovely white sand blue water, our girls said we have wasted a day just to go to a beach its the same as back home water, sand. I think that said it all they went back to the pool while hubby and I stayed on the beach. Have a good time in Aberaeron, did I say coffee sorry was on a hen night and I can't remember what I drunk? or is that drank[msnscared][msnscared][msnscared]
Beryl
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I think drunk is a good a word as any[msnwink]
benfilo

[Rhosyn]

what ever it had a good time........I think[xx(][xx(][xx(]

[sian]

Beryl

Most of my family (parents etc.) live in Barry and my childhood memories of Barry beach involve lots of pebbles not sand(my children really don't appreciate Florida!!). When we were in Marco island a few years ago it was rainier than Barry if that's possibleand not as pretty as Porth Ceri!

[kokomo]

I was just having a look back on some old threads and thought this may be of interest.


History of American Flag

For more than 200 years, the American flag has been the symbol of our nation's strength and unity. It's been a source of pride and inspiration for millions of citizens. And the American Flag has been a prominent icon in our national history. Here are the highlights of its unique past.
On January 1, 1776, the Continental Army was reorganized in accordance with a Congressional resolution, which placed American forces under George Washington's control. On that New Year's Day the Continental Army was laying siege to Boston, which had been taken over by the British Army. Washington ordered the Grand Union flag hoisted above his base at Prospect Hill. It had 13 alternate red and white stripes and the British Union Jack in the upper left-hand corner (the canton).
In May of 1776, Betsy Ross reported that she sewed the first American flag.

On June 14, 1777, in order to establish an official flag for the new nation, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."

Between 1777 and 1960, Congress passed several acts that changed the shape, design and arrangement of the flag and allowed for additional stars and stripes to be added to reflect the admission of each new state.
· Act of January 13, 1794 - provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
· Act of April 4, 1818 - provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state, signed by President Monroe.
· Executive Order of President Taft dated June 24, 1912 - established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward.
· Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated January 3, 1959 - provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically.
· Executive Order of President Eisenhower dated August 21, 1959 - provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizontally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically.

Today the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with 6 white. The stripes represent the original 13 colonies; the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colours of the flag are symbolic as well: Red symbolizes Hardiness and Valor, White symbolizes Purity and Innocence and Blue represents Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice.