This information about the American Flag comes from a web site http://www.usflag.org/flag.day.html. Thursday was flag day and it was quite disappointing how few flags were flying today. Here are a few of the photos that I shot today around Rockland. The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America’s birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as ‘Flag Birthday’. In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as ‘Flag Birthday’, or ‘Flag Day’. On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea of observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June 14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the following year, the New...
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Starting today we will no longer be posting links to our stories on Village Soup. I have decided that due to the fact they are charging customers to read their site, why should I pay them to post my content and give them free content. With that said, I will be posting as often as possible on the site and everyday and sometimes more then once a day on Facebook and Twitter. You can still follow us at these url’s Facebook: http://facebook.com/RonHawkesPhotography Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhawkes Photos: http://photos.ronhawkes.com Thanks and hope to see all of you frequently on Ron Hawkes Photography pages
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Saturday night the Camden Opera House was packed for the annual dance recital performed by the students and staff of Martha’s Place for the Performing Arts located on Rt. 90 in Rockport. The show featured songs from various music that allowed the dancers who range in age from very young to grandmothers. The show revolves around the three types of dance, Jazz, Ballet and Tap. This was the finale of the 23rd season of dance from Martha’s Place The photo galleries are broken up by song creating 24 different galleries to make viewing much easier. Click here to go to all the Photo Galleries from the Dance Recital Here is a preview of photos from the galleries.
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I had to go to Camden early this morning and stopped at the park to get some photos of the harbor. I loved the clouds and their many shapes and colors as a storm moved into the area. By the time I was heading back to Rockland the skies opened up. Here is a link to the full gallery Here are a few samples from the gallery
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I have been playing around with some Green Screen software programs and think I have found the one I like. FXHome Photokey 4. The photos below are the original green screen photo along with the photos put on a new background. Very simple procedure that will work great for portraits and may work for my Team & Individual photo shoots.
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