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Daily Bread for 6.14.12

Good morning.

Whitewater’s Thursday looks to be a mostly sunny day with a high of eighty-five.

The city’s Parks & Recreation Board meets this afternoon at 5:30 PM.

It’s Flag Day, and on this day in 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as America’s national flag.

The Wisconsin Historical Society describes the adoption of Flag Day in Wisconsin:

1885 – Birth of Flag Day
On this date the first recognized observance of Flag Day in Wisconsin occurred at the Stony Hill School near Waubeka. The event was led by Bernard J. Cigrand, a teacher. Flag Day did not become a national observance until 31 years later when Woodrow Wilson reconized it on June 14, 1916. [Source:History Just Ahead: A guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers, edited by Sarah Davis McBride]

Google’s daily puzzle asks about New England witches: “How many years did it take from the last execution of a Salem “witch” until the governor of Massachusetts issued an official pardon for all the
unexonerated witches?”

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