This Day in History: 1927-06-08

In his Flag Day message Governor Moore asked that flags be displayed for a week in honor of the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the flag and to honor Colonel Charles Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic. The flag was officially proclaimed June 14, 1777. Governor Moore saluted Lindbergh as “the most daring and outstanding air navigator of modern times” and said his flight “will go down in history as one of the most outstanding achievements in the history of the world”. The Governor pointed out that Washington’s army was in camp at Camp Middlebrook, Bound Brook, when the flag was proclaimed, thus linking New Jersey most closely to adoption of the flag. (Bristow)