Robert "Bob" Heft

Top left, Robert Heft and our boy scout troop:

Top right, The boys got sparkling grape juice, the dinner was at the winery.

Lower left, the boys presenting the colors for the opening of the evenings events.

Our boys had the privilege of meeting Mr. Robert "Bob" Heft. Not sure if any of you have heard of him, but he is the designer of the current 50 star flag we are celebrating today! Which is why I thought this was a good day to post this. The Masons have their annual dinner and this year their speaker was Mr. Heft. Our boy scout troop had the honor and privilege to present and retire the colors for the ceremony. They also got to Shake Mr. Heft's hand ( who was a boy scout ) Our troop also received and signed flag ( we also bought our own ) His story was great! He was funny... We had a great time and I think the boys really got a lot of out it. Mr. Heft actually took apart their then current flag, and this was when we only had... I'm guess now, 48 stars... but he had a feeling we were going to get the other 2 states very soon, so he designed it with 50 stars. He did this for a class project in high school and his teacher gave him a C, Told him to get the flag approved by the president someday, and he'd change the grade to an A... Everyone was upset with him because he had taken apart the original flag to make this new design. He lived with his grandparents because his dad was killed in a war, so the flag was very important to all it stands for. He contacted his congressman, and from there got a call from the President and his flag was chosen. And yes, his teacher changed his grade to an A. ( Although by this point he was done with college)