4TH OF JULY EXTRAS
Nine-year-olds making flags out of construction paper this week didn't just glue stars and stripes onto red paper. They also learned the meaning behind the U.S. flag.
Art class turned into history class for nearly 200 children attending a summer latchkey program at Club Estates Elementary School, and while they usually have artistic freedom during craft time, this week they stuck to the template provided by their teacher, Alice Garcia.
They didn't get to color the stars purple, as requested by one student, but rather they adhered to tradition for Old Glory while discussing the freedom it represents.
On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As Americans celebrate our nation's birth today, flags fly as a tribute to that freedom and the people who have made it possible.
-- Rachel Denny Clow