May 18th - Haitian Flag Day

Today, May 18th,  is flag day in Haiti!
The Haitian flag was created in Archaaie on May 18th, 1803 and has been celebrated on this day ever since. Since schools are closed today, we celebrated yesterday!

Alix and the teachers organized a short program to commemorate the flag. They started out by singing the special flag song.  Then they marched around the front yard, waving their flags and singing another song.  At the end they played a game that involved some fancy steps and if you messed up a step you were eliminated. It was really neat to watch and I even participated a bit!