Flag Day is Saturday, June 14. The Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution on June 14, 1777, that stated: “That the flag of the United States shall be of thirteen stripes of alternate red and ...

In honor of Flag Day, here are 10 facts you should know about the American flag. 1777 – The first American flag was adopted on June 14, 1777, by the Second Continental Congress, which passed the ...

What 'day' is June 14, 2025? It's Trump's birthday and the Army parade — but also a national holiday. Here's what to know in ...

Ingloriously crammed between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, Flag Day tends to get overlooked. Here's a brief history of ...

Many American schoolchildren were taught that Ms. Ross designed and sewed the first American flag, but historians have ... its origins all the way back to 1777.

CELEBRATING FLAG DAY IN STOCKTON TODAY. THE AMERICAN FLAG AND PRISONERS OF WAR ... WHEN THE U.S. FLAG WAS FIRST ADOPTED, VETERANS AT THE CEREMONY TODAY SAY IT IS AN IMPORTANT DAY TO REMEMBER.

In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: ...

SHEPLEY, (Chief of Staff to Major-General WEITZEL,) formerly Military Governor of New-Orleans, subsequently of Norfolk, and more recently of Richmond, raised the first real American flag ...

1777, when the national flag was adopted by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. The Flag Resolution declared, “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white ...