Saluting the flag and Lindbergh
June 14, 1927: The people of Los Angeles celebrated the 150th anniversary of the American flag all over town -- in classrooms, clubs and in a mass meeting at Patriotic Hall, The Times reported under the headline, “FLAG GLORIFIED BY ENTIRE CITY.”
Flag Day exercises conducted by the Sunset Masonic Lodge celebrated Charles Lindbergh, who just the month before had flown across the Atlantic from New York to Paris. “The flag he carried to Europe has become a symbol of a new civilization, a symbol of peace on Earth and goodwill among men, the Stars and Stripes of America,” said U.S. Rep. Joe Crail, one of the speakers at the ceremony.
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