My Trails into the Past

I posted this photo on Facebook this morning. This is a daily ritual at Diablo Day Camp, a volunteer-run Girl Scout Camp in the Girl Scouts of Northern California Council. Each day, one unit put up the flag with the help of an Elf, and at the end of the day, another unit took town the flag. In the morning, the Pledge of Allegiance was said and then a patriotic song was sang. Most often, it was "You're a Grand Old Flag." At the flag down, the song often was Taps. Funny, before being a volunteer adult and later a camp director, I had never heard this song, but when I just searched online for the words, the first return was from a scouts page. Who knew? Here are the lyrics, appropriate for June 14, Flag Day. You're a Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohan You're a grand old flag, You're a high flying flag And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of The land I love. The home of the free and the brave. Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing has another great theme. It's Saturday Night and the Fourth of July is Tuesday - let's have some Genealogy Fun! If you're reading this on Sunday morning, or even later, it's not too late for you to participate. 1. Think of the best Fourth of July you remember from your childhood. 2. Think of the best Fourth of July you remember from your adulthood. 3. What will,  you do on the holiday? 4. Write about one, or all, of them on your blog or in Comments to this post, or on Facebook or Google+. Here's mine: Childhood Memories I don’t remember any particular Fourth of July but often my dad barbequed some kind of meat, perhaps hamburgers or a large steak that was sliced thin for sharing. My mom made potato salad or cucumber and onion salad (or maybe both). For dessert we had watermelon or ice cream with chocolate syrup. If the doughboy pool was set up, us kids would swim all day. Some years my dad would drive down...