FLAGS Past Events & Exhibits

FLAGS Across The Nation has held many events and patriotic art exhibits over the years. And although we no longer hold patriotic exhibits, we wanted to take a moment to say thanks to all the volunteers who stepped in to help make it all come together.

Thanks!

Below is a complete list of  FLAGS past events and exhibits:

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
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
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

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

Caring Methodist women continue to crochet and knit blankets for our wounded and recovering troops. The women at Memorial United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC have made over 200 blankets for “Blankets for Recovery.” Volunteers make a big difference by knitting and and crocheting their love into every piece of yarn. The giving of heart is so very appreciated by the recipients of the gifts.

FLAGS Across The Nation truly reaches across the nation with volunteers in multiple cities, from Charlotte to Arizona and California. The California volunteers, employees of ASPEN Risk Management Group have been delivering the Memorial United Methodist Church blankets to our recovering troops for years. Since, 2001, ASPEN has been actively participating in supporting our troops with letters, gifts, notecards and support for FLAGS.

Another caring person, this time Karen from Mesa Arizona donated 43 hand made blankets for the FLAGS Across The Nation’s program, “Blankets for Recovery.” Tiffiny Lilley, from My Studio Space Web Design Firm and volunteer for FLAGS, as well as web master recently went to San Diego, CA to drop off the blankets at the Balboa Naval Hospital.

For all our little artists, we will be having yet another kids art contest in 2010. Each year we get hundreds of submissions from patriotic children that love the USA and support our troops. We feel as though every child that submits artwork to our contest is a winner! Each child that submits will receive an American flag (while supplies lasts).

Carrot-Top Industries, a leader in the flag industry, has graciously donated small American flags to promote patriotism within our youth. Carrot-Top Industries has been in the flag business for 30 years and provides schools, universities and government agencies with American flags. Your child’s classroom may have a flag from Carrot-Top Industries. All Carrot-Top Industry American Flags are proudly made in the USA. You can read more about Carrot-Top Industries by clicking here.

We are so grateful for this donation and wish to thank Carrot-Top Industries! We can’t wait to see the 2010 artwork submissions from our youth and even more excited to send each child an American flag!

Congratulations to Fausto and our other 12 winners of the FLAGS Across The Nation’s patriotic art contest. Your interest in creating images of the red, white and blue are inspirational and fun to look at. Thank you all for making a patriotic difference. All of the  winning art is now posted on our website on the Art Contest Page.

2oo9 Art Contest Grand Prize WINNER!

Congratulations to Fausto!

Keep drawing and send us your artwork on a regular basis for the 2010 contest. There will be a monthly winner announced beginning in November. Help us meet our goal of 1000 drawings for 2010. REMEMBER! Your art will be sent to our deployed troops.

Are you new to FLAGS Across The Nation?
We’ve been around since 9/11. And that is when Tiffiny Lilley joined as a volunteer… She’s our web designer. Tiffiny and her team have donated their time and services to FLAGS for the past 8 years. We thank them, thank them, thank them. All of us at FLAGS (all volunteers) love our new site!

FLAGS salutes Tiffiny Lilley, at My Studio Space, for making a patriotic difference. She has once again redesigned our web site to reflect a more contemporary feel. Our new site is more colorful and offers new features for interaction. Join us, share your comments and download our coloring pages.

Let’s make 2009 a year where even more people come together to show their love for the USA and support for our troops. Make history with us at FLAGS Across The Nation.