In 1947, a project began to restore this building and its surrounding grounds as the National Flag Day Memorial dedicated to the American flag by Fraternal Benefit Societies of Wisconsin. At this school in 1885, Bernard J. Cigrand, then a young teacher, conceived the idea of encouraging citizens to observe the birthday of the nation's flag each year, and Flag Day, June 14, began here. Fraternalists formed the National Fraternal Flag Day Foundation, which was chartered by the State of Wisconsin as a corporation, and over the years more fraternalists from across the nation joined the effort. On June 14, 1976, their Bicentennial commemorative project brought a dedication and Flag Day observance of national prominence. That day, the ninety-eight member societies of the National Fraternal Congress of America gave these gifts to the Flag Day shrine: the avenue of flags pathway, extensive landscaping and fencing, fifty flag poles, one named for each state of the union, a state flag brought by a representative from each state, and a portfolio from each state buried in a time capsule on the grounds. On June 14, 1977, to mark the 200th birthday of the nation's flag, the National Fraternal Flag Day Foundation deeded the building and grounds to the Ozaukee County Historical Society for use by the community and the nation's citizens as a shrine to National Flag Day.