Flag Day is coming, a day to honor the flag of the United States. Flag Day is June 14th.

Flag Day is coming, a day to honor the flag of the United States.  Flag Day is June 14th.

Fun Flag Facts:

1. A vexillologist is someone who studies flags!
2. Most flags have the colors red and white.
3. Only Vatican City and the country of Switzerland have square flags.
4. Most world flags are rectangle in shape. The flag of the country of Nepal is the only one which is not rectangular or square in shape.
5. When Sir Edmond Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, summited Mt. Everest, the Union Jack, the flag of Great Britain, was placed.
6. The idea of a National Flag Day, a day to honor our flag, was started by Bernard J. Cigrand, in 1885.
7. There are currently 6 American flags on the moon.
8. The country of Bhutan has a white dragon on its flag.
9. From Old Saxon, "Fflaken," meaning "to fly or to float in the air," is where the word FLAG originated.
10. The largest American flag is called the Superflag. It weighs 3,000 pounds and is the size of 2.8 football fields.
11. A WHITE flag is the symbol of a truce or cease-fire.
12. The last of the 50 stars represents the state of Hawaii.

Extension Activities:

1. Take this Flag quiz
2. Pretend you are an American flag on the moon or in a town or on a mountain top. What do you hear, see, feel, etc. as you wave in the air? Remember . . . on the moon, there is no atmosphere so the flag wouldn't wave!
3. Write a haiku to describe the American flag. A haiku has 3 lines (5-7-5 syllables per line). Use descriptive words. Sentence structure isn’t necessary. To check syllables, place your hand under your chin. Each time the chin drops is a syllable. For example: elephant. Three drops = 3 syllables.
4. Illustrate one of the flag facts.

Check out my Flag Webquest!

Gail