Tell us about your flag education program

Through it’s Rally Around the Flag initiative, The American Legion has been building awareness about why the U.S. flag matters to help instill pride and respect for the flag. American Legion posts throughout the country follow this initiative by teaching youth flag etiquette and how to honor Old Glory, and by providing flags for classrooms.

- The 18th District Sons of The American Legion in Michigan have dedicated themselves to a patriotic cause since 2004 – placing an American flag in every school classroom in Oakland County. To date, they have placed over 1,000 U.S. flags. 

- Post 89 in Pella, Iowa, provided 175 flags to the school district after a high school student reached out asking the post for help.Post 166 in Goose Creek, S.C., teaches flag raising, lowering and folding to third and fourth graders.

- American Legion Post 103 in St. Mary’s, Pa., provided flag education to the eighth-grade class at St. Mary’s Area Middle School. Post members educated students about the colors of the flag, how to properly fold, care and display the flag, and how it should be placed when displayed.

- James Hicks American Legion Post 519 and Auxiliary unit in Thomasville, Ga., conducted a flag education program for 75 seventh graders at MacIntyre Park Middle School. The post and Auxiliary members recited the Pledge of the Allegiance with the students, shared information on the history of the U.S. flag, as well as the meaning of its colors, stripes and stars. 

- Post 175 in Mechanicsville, Va., has taught first-graders about the history of the flag and why they recite the Pledge of Allegiance. 

Please share with us how your post teaches flag education or provides flag to classrooms by sharing on Legiontown.org under the category Rally Around the Flag.