from South Bend Tribune reporting of Lou Mumford (www.southbendtribune.com/ )
Initially, Raising of the American Flag took place the evenings of the actual Flag Day (June 14 annually) observance, which this year falls on Thursday. Flick and his fellow legionnaires would gather afterwards at the legion, 204 W. Linden St., to conduct a flag-raising ceremony and serve sandwiches to parade participants.
Today, the general idea's the same even if the schedule isn't. Gail Freehling, chairwoman of the 2012 Flag Day Committee, said the flag-raising ceremony is back this year, with the Post 204 honor guard performing the ritual at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, June 17, 2012 at the Three Oaks, MI Legion Hall.
"It's a reminder of why we actually do it," Freehling said.
At 1:30 p.m., when spectators normally begin to line the downtown parade route, a fly-over will take place. Ninety minutes later, parade units, one a 100-plus drum and bugle corps from Milwaukee, Wisconsin will step off.
Among the other weekend activities will be lumberjack shows set for 6 and 8 p.m. Friday and 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Also on Saturday, from noon to 8 p.m., kids are bound to enjoy carnival rides and games and perhaps a free train ride on Linden Street. Mix in baseball, softball and volleyball games, live music, a beer garden at the Featherbone Restaurant, "Art in the (Carver) Park," such food as "Italian beef 'n stuff" and wine-tasting and it's clear there's something to like for everyone.
But the parade's the main attraction, with the evidence the 10,000 or more who turn out for it, Freehling said. Parade participants alone top 2,000. . .
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