Today, June 14 is Flag Day, a day Americans honor their flag and celebrate their patriotism. 

The picture was taken by Kate Stroemel, au pair from Germany, at the June Summer & Water Safety Meeting held at the summer home of  Cindy Garruba, Suffolk County Senior Community Counselor for Au Pair in America.

In honor of Flag Day, Global Awareness sponsored a Flag Day Contest in which au pairs were asked to submit their creative interpretations of their flags.  The photos and descriptions are posted on the GA website www.globalawareness.com.  Please take a peek-you’ll see cultural exchange in action.

To find out more about the history of Flag Day and what it means go to http://www.usflag.org/flag.day.html