PHOTOS: Ottawa celebrates Old Glory

Ottawa celebrated Flag Day on Friday at Washington Square in downtown Ottawa.

Shown above: Edith Alsvig finds the perfect place to mount a flag Friday as she listens to Flag Day Ceremony at Washington Square in Ottawa.

Shown below: Ottawa Elks President Tony Epperson reads the history Friday of the American flag backed by the American Legion to commemorate Flag Day at Washington Square in Ottawa. In 1907, the BPO Elks Grand Lodge designated by resolution June 14 as Flag Day. The Grand Lodge of the Order adopted mandatory observance of the occasion by every Lodge in 1911, and that requirement continues.