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Idaho Installs Flag Display at Fourth of July Pass

6/24/2026

Summary

Idaho Crews Install

Idaho Transportation Department crews will install an American flag display on Forest Service Road 164 overpass at Fourth of July Pass next week, with no traffic impact.
The display honors America250, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and the pass’s July 4 1861 naming by Captain John Mullan.
District 1 crews fabricated the sign and brackets and prepared the site.
Justin Wuest said the project links transportation and American history.

Summary

DAR Retires Flag

On June 19 2026, DAV Chapter 104 and the Reynolds DAR retired a U.S. flag at Herb Gould Veterans Park, Tennessee Ridge.
Mike Miller led the ceremony as Lisa Smith, Patricia Miller and Kathy Freed raised the flag, which was burned, while Brenda Lewis read “Old Glory.”
The “Fly Your Flag” campaign urges residents, businesses and schools to display the flag in 2026 for Semiquincentennial, with Thomas A. Arnone and Christine Giordano Hanlon citing patriotism.

History

Historical Context

By summer 1776 the Second Continental Congress, spurred by the Halifax Resolves and Richard Lee’s resolution, voted July 2 for independence and adopted Thomas Jefferson’s draft on July 4, with 56 delegates representing 12 colonies approving it; most signatures followed on August 2. Today Idaho’s flag display and Tennessee’s “Fly Your Flag” campaign echo that 1776 surge, linking historic patriotism to modern commemoration.

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Idaho Crews Install

Idaho Transportation Department crews will install an American flag display on Forest Service Road 164 overpass at Fourth of July Pass next week, with no traffic impact.
The display honors America250, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and the pass’s July 4 1861 naming by Captain John Mullan.
District 1 crews fabricated the sign and brackets and prepared the site.
Justin Wuest said the project links transportation and American history.

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