Details
Date
June 14, 2024
Time
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Description
In honor of Flag Day VetLinx and Fort Negley Park will hold a special presentation honoring our nation’s flag. This year is the 247th anniversary of the adoption of the United States flag by the Second Continental Congress. We will also celebrate the U.S. Army’s 249th birthday.
The 45 minute presentation will take place at noon. Lunch will be served after.
During the secession crisis in 1861, Captain William Driver’s famed Old Glory, now preserved by the Smithsonian Institute, waved defiantly above his Nashville residence. Following the occupation of the city by Federal troops in February 1862, Old Glory briefly donned the Tennessee State Capitol.