06/15/2026
The dedication of the current flag on Central Ave. took place November 9, 2006 with the veterans memorial.
Orson Brand photographed the installation of a new flag and pole donated by the fledgling North Shore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1896. The dedication took place in October of that year.
Local pharmacist Adeline Cummings submitted this to "The Spirit of '76, v2, n11, p 195. 1896 about local flag day celebrations : " THE writer does not wield a pen which can do justice to the celebration of Flag Day, on June 15th, 1896, by the North Shore Chapter, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Highland Park, Ill. All nature seemed to smile approval upon the efforts of the loyal DAUGHTERS of this Republic to commemorate in a fitting manner the anniversary of the day on which the greatest nation in the world adopted the ensign which should be an inspiration, a guard and guide. The ability of the hostesses, Mrs. and Miss Van Schaick, to entertain, is too well known to need any fresh encomiums. Mrs. John Quincy Adams and Mrs. Robert Morris poured tea and coffee in the dining room, where the Goddess of Liberty presided in a silent but impressive man- The two guards at the front entrance and three pages inner. the hall were in full Continental costume. The DAUGHTERS appeared without bonnets, thus being distinguished from the numerous guests from Highland Park and Chicago. The souvenir programme consisted of an interesting essay by the Rev. P. C. Wolcott, and patriotic songs rendered most acceptably by Mrs. Griffith. The whole afternoon was a valuable addition to pleas- ant memories of similar occasions in the history of this Chapter. - Adeline E. P. Cummings, Chapter Secretary. "
While flag day celebrations, commemorating the Continental Congress' approval of the flag design; 1777, began in the 1860s or 1870s, the day became an official American holiday in 1949.
