FLAGS Events & Exhibits

FLAGS Across The Nation has held many events that exhibit patriotic art, letters to our troops and much more. See all of FLAGS events and exhibits below:

Activity - I Love America Day Events
Description - Area wide celebration recognizing love for the USA on I Love America Day March 19, 2008. Children and adults in area schools and after-school programs: public, private and parochial have the opportunity to create patriotic art and write Letters to the Troops deployed and in military hospitals.
Dates – March 19, 2008
Location - Schools and Recreation Centers

South County Regional Library
Tiles of Freedom
Permanent Exhibit Charlotte, NC

California Veterans Home
Patriotic Photos, Children’s Art and Freedom Flag
Permanent Exhibit Chula Vista, CA

Office of CA Congresswoman Susan Davis
Patriotic Children’s Art
Permanent Exhibit San Diego, CA

Office of Assemblywoman Shirley Horton
Patriotic Children’s Art
Permanent Exhibit San Diego, CA

Raider’s Squadron VMGR-352
MCAS Miramar Airbase
Tiles of Freedom & Photos of Marines
Permanent Exhibit San Diego, CA

San Diego County Administration Center
Images of Patriotism
Twenty photos of patriotic images in San Diego County
Permanent exhibit San Diego, CA

USO, San Diego
Patriotic Children’s Art 2004-2006 San Diego, C

ImaginOn
Flags Across The Nation – Patriotic Children’s Art
September 11-November 11
Phone: 704-973-2780 – Charlotte, NC

Waving Patriotism
Remembering 9/11 & Supporting our Troops.
September 9, 2006 – A Day of Patriotic Activities
Time: 11-5pm Waxhaw, NC

Charlotte Museum of History
Flags Across The Nation – Patriotic Children’s Art
June 30 –September 3, 2006
Phone: 704-568-1774 – Charlotte, NC

USO
Letters to the Troops
Summer of 2006
SD International Airport Location, San Diego, CA

Chick-fil-A Restaurants
Letters to the Troops Campaign
Fourteen area stores participated in having children write letters to wounded and recovering troops
January, February & March 2006
Charlotte, NC

Costco Warehouse
Flags of Freedom Children’s
Patriotic Art Exhibit -2005
Letters to the Troops
Freedom Flag
Month of March 2006
I Love America Day Celebration – March 18
Charlotte, NC

United Faith Christian Academy
Flags of Freedom Children’s
Patriotic Art Exhibit
Month of February 2006
Charlotte, NC
Phone: 704-541-1742

San Diego International Airport, Terminal 2
One hundred and twenty children’s drawings of patriotic art
selected from the 2005 Flags of Freedom Art Contest.
Art represents 12 American states.
July- September 2005

Veterans Memorial Museum and Center, San Diego
Messages of Freedom Letters, MCAS Miramar Youth Center Flag
And Children’s Patriotic Art
December -February 2005 San Diego, CA

San Diego International Airport- Terminal 2, Lindbergh Field
Winners from the Flags of Freedom Art Contest displayed
as quilts Freedom Banner from MCAS Miramar
Youth Center Exhibition T shirts
July- September 2004

San Diego County Administration Center
Flags of Freedom 2nd Annual Children’s Patriotic Art Contest
and Recognition Awards Assembly March 2004

MCCS Children’s Spring Carnival
Miramar Air Base, SD
March 2004

Taylor Library, Pacific Beach
Flags of Freedom children’s art and Freedom Flag
Month of September 2003

Spirals Gallery, La Jolla
A Time of Remembrance – A Time of Celebration of Patriotism
Flags Across the Nation exhibits photos, banners, and children’s art. Freedom Flag in the making: participants write a message to the troops and make an American Flag.
September 1 -September 11

MCAS Youth Center, Miramar
A collaboration of children’s art to make a giant American Flag.
June – September, 2003

South Regional Library, Charlotte, North Carolina
Flags of Freedom, children’s art and the making of American flags.
Month of July 2003

Oceanside Public Library
Flags of Freedom, children’s Art printed on T- shirts and patriotic photos. Freedom Flag in the making, participants will write a message to the troops.
Month of June 2003

San Diego International Airport- Terminal 2
Patriotism Though the Eyes of Children Exhibit Winners from the Flags of Freedom Art Contest Children’s Art printed on T- Shirts.
April 25-August 1, 2003

Veterans Home – Chula Vista
Flag Day Celebration and Flags of Freedom Children’s Awards Ceremony
June 14, 2003

National City Library
Children’s Art printed on T- Shirts American Rag Flag
May 1-June 1, 2003

East County Performing Arts Center-El Cajon
Photos and Children’s Art
April 2-May 2, 2003

Community Development Office, El Cajon
Children’s Art printed on T- Shirts
April 2-May 15, 2003

San Diego County Administration Building
Flags of Freedom Children’s Patriotic Art Contest and Exhibit Awards Assembly.
March 14, 2003

MCAS Spring Festival
Miramar Air Base, SD
March 2003

COVA Gallery
Photos, American Rag Flag
December 5 – January 3, 2003

MCAS Miramar Airbase-San Diego
American Rag Flag
December, 2002 – February, 2003

San Diego Lindbergh Field Airport, Terminal 2
“Patriotism Through the Eyes of Children”. A traveling exhibition of children’s patriotic drawings and thoughts along with photographs of children portrayed waving flags, drawing flags and standing proud with flags.
September 1 to October 31, 2002

Basile Gallery
Faces of Freedom: Everyday Heroes Photography Project
September 11, 2002

Miramar College
FLAGS shares images of Patriotism in a campus wide event to commemorate 9/11. September 11, 2002

Basile Gallery
View the spirit of patriotism
September 10 to October 5, 2002

San Diego City Administration Building
A collaboration of patriotic photographs
August 26, 2002 – September 13, 2002

Children’s Museum
Patriotism through the Eyes of Children
August 10 – August 25, 2002

Flag Day Weekend Festival
Veterans Memorial Center and Museum
June 14 and 15, 2002

San Diego County Administration Building
Patriotism Through the Eyes of Children
May 31 – June 28,2002

University Community Library
Patriotism Through the Eyes of Children
May 27 – July 6, 2002

Veterans Museum
Patriotism Through the Eyes of Children
May 25 – July 5, 2002

Encouragement Factor Gallery Fallbrook, CA
Photos and Children’s Drawings
May 3 – July 14, 2002

Art in the Park, Fallbrook
Flag Drawings Created by Children on Display
April 28, 2002

Rancho Penasquitos Library, SD
April 19 to June 1, 2002

USO, San Diego International Airport
March 31 – June 2, 2002

MCAS Spring Festival
Miramar Air Base, SD
March 23, 2002

San Diego International Airport, Lindbergh Field
January 13 – March 31, 2002

San Diego County Administration Building
January 4 – January 31, 2002

USO, San Diego
December 17, 2001 to January 2, 2002

Veterans Memorial Center and Museum of San Diego
December 7, 2001 – January 3, 2002

Chula Vista Public Library
December 7 – December 14, 2001

Galleria del’ Aria
November 24 – November 30, 2001