Re: National Flag and National Anthem

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There used to be an Armed Forces Flag day in India. (I don't know
if anyone pays much attention to it these days.) don't know much
about what it was supposed to celebrate, but I have a vague memory
of little flags on pins being sold. 

Bapa Rao


> Here in the US, there is a National Flag Day (14th June)specifically 
> for the celebration of the flag. (It has been in observence since 1885, 
> NFD was not signed into an Act of Congress until 1949) It is sad that
> the Indian Flag does not get as much publicity as it deserves. It is
> even more sad that almost every US high school student knows who Betsy
> Ross is, but only a few high school students in India know who designed
> our national flag. It is depressing. Are we not teaching our kids
> to be patriotic?
> 
> Btw, couple of years ago(or longer than that?) TANA patrika did
> a special on pingaLi venkayya, with a nice cover picture of PV.
> 
> Happy Independece Day!
> 
> Regards,
> -- Padma
> 

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