The flag, at 80 by 50 feet, is one of the largest in the country, organizers say.

For years, Sherwood had been promising to get tatted in exchange for a sizable donation to WAMU.

For the third year in a row, proud District residents will gather in Dupont Circle this evening on Flag Day to show support for statehood.

D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson said today that the council would vote on legislation this week that would allow the city to fly a specially designed D.C. flag bearing the message “Taxation Without Representation” on Flag Day every year.

The D.C. flag is simple, distinctive and makes for great tattoos. On Thursday those that have permanently inked the stars and bars into their skin will gather to celebrate in Dupont Circle.

Part celebration of the District’s hometown pride and part protest of the city’s longstanding second-class status, organizers of DC Flag Tattoo Day: Flag Day in the Flesh have put the word out to anyone who has a stars-and-bars tattoo — and even those who don’t — to gather at Dupont Circle at 6 p.m. tomorrow.

Ah, yes, Flag Day — the holiday the Post has dubbed as “often, even to those who care about flags, an anticlimactic event” — is upon us. There’s not a whole lot to Flag Day, although its Wikipedia entry does feature this interesting tale about Teddy Roosevelt’s serious affinity for the holiday: On June 14, [1908,] Theodore Roosevelt was dining outside of Philadelphia, when he noticed a man wiping his nose with what he…