Happy Flag Day, G-mom's B-day and Valley Forge

It's Flag Day! Our nation has had this special symbol for almost the entirety of our nation's existence! THANKS, BETSY!

And... it's always easy to remember Grandmother Nancy's natal day because it's the same date! I wish she were here to celebrate it... we did certainly miss her and all of us shared special memories of her over supper.

Earlier in the day, Robin and I drove the eight DAR delegates to Hope for the Caddo district Flag Day meeting. While it was a lovely meeting, full of interesting historical presentations- it was the climate that got the most comment. It was FREEZING in the conference room at the Country Club. Even the women with hot-flashes were cold! A few smart little ladies keep afghans in their vehicles (obviously their husbands keep the thermostats on "snowflake") and they actually retreived those and we all wished we could huddle with them!

The photo is from when we got home. Mae of course hadn't gone with us- and the ribbons that we are proudly sporting weren't delivered until after we'd left (so disappointing!)! But we wanted a picture of three generations of "Daughters" and while it's against protocol- we pinned on the emblems and Dad snapped the shot. The ribbon I'm wearing is actually Mae's- she's never had one until today; but, she wants to share it with me- yeah! Mom's had hers (with Alexander Turrentine as the patriot) for a while. Robin's has the newly proven Ellis Cannon as the designated patriot on hers. While mine and Mae's also has Alexander for the ancestor bar- she is the first in our family to be eligible for the second bar as she's the only one with a supplemental line officially recognized. More explanation on that at another time!

Suffice it to say- some of the women that were in attendance at the conference had upto twenty ancestor bars. GOSH! That's a l-o-t of research!

At any rate-- celebrate being an American! And, fly your flag proudly!