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Significant Events:

• The meeting opened with the usual flag raisings, followed immediately by a Parade of Flags through the Michigan State University Campus, where most of the meeting were held.
• Rich Kenny provided a special exhibit of Michigan Civil flags from his personal collection.

The Featured Tour:

The Presentations:

• U.N. Poles and Flags – Gus Tracchia, New York.
• Five Flags: An African American Perspective – Beatrice Jones, California.
• Flags in Combat - World War II – Truman Pope, Indiana.
• Flag People in U. S. History – Whitney Smith, Massachusetts.
• The American Flag: Signals to Symbol 1775 to 1790 – Dr. Henry Moeller, New York.
• Michigan Flags Project – Kevin Harrington, Ontario.
• Confronting Tradition and Whim: The Design the United States Civic Flags – John Purcell, Ohio.
• Problems and Promises: Cyber-vexillology in the Twenty-first Century – Dick Gideon, Pennsylvania.
• The Children's Memorial Grove Flag – Martin Francis, California.
• The Acadian Flag: A Flag for a Unique People – David LeGallant, Prince Edward Island. (read by Andy Biles)
• An Argentia Poster and The Sun Flag of San Juan, Argentina – Gus Tracchia, New York.
• 4 year old Hunter Blain Explains Flags (video) – Peter Orenski, Connecticut.
• Drapeaux (Video) – Dave Martucci, Maine.

Announced Awards and Honors

• Captain William Driver Award: Kevin Harrington M.A.(T.)

Attendees: (44)