The official flag of the United States of America was adopted June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.   Believed to be celebrated first in 1861, in Hartford Connecticut, it was Woodrow Wilson, in 1916, who issued the proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day.  National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress in August of 1949; however, Flag Day is not an official federal holiday.  The week in which Flag Day falls is designated National Flag Week.  Presidential proclamation is usually made to urge citizens to fly their national flags not only on…

Lake County Tennessee is located in the far northwest corner of the state bordered on the west by the Mississippi River, on the north by Fulton County Kentucky, on the east by Obion county, Reelfoot Lake, and on the east and south by Dyer county.  Mostly flat it contains approximately 104,950 acres of land and about 15,000 acres in lakes.  The county was created in 1870 out of Obion County and named for Reelfoot Lake, which was created by the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes.  Tiptonville is the county seat. Lake County’s most famous son is Carl Perkins, the King of…