We have a fond memory to share while we were in production on Country School: One Room - One Nation in 2010. We had the good fortune of filming a Flag Day celebration in Fredonia, Wisconsin where the first formal recognition of Flag Day took place 135 years ago.
On June 14, 1885, a grade school teacher at Stony Hill Schoolhouse in Fredonia, Wisconsin named Dr. Bernard J. Cigrand held the first recognized formal Flag Day observance with his students. He continued the tradition annually before making his way to Chicago and becoming dean of the University of Illinois-Chicago.
By 1916, he had persuaded President Woodrow Wilson to officially proclaim June 14th as Flag Day in the United States.
Stony Hill School has been restored and is on the National Register of Historic Place. It is home to the National Flag Day Foundation.
You can view the Flag Day segment of the Emmy-nominated Country School: One Room - One Nation above and order the Emmy-nominated Country School: One Room - One Nation HERE!
Happy Flag Day, June 14, 2020!
Kelly and Tammy Rundle, of Fourth Wall Films, are the producers of four regional Emmy® nominated films including Country School: One Room - One Nation, Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City, River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6, and Letters Home to Hero Street; and over a dozen award-winning documentaries including the Lost Nation: The Ioway 1, 2 & 3 series, Villisca: Living with a Mystery, The Barn Raisers, Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg. All of their DVD titles are available at FourthWallFilms.com.
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