Though Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, the day remains significant nonetheless, as it traces its origins all the ...

The American ... in Action flags were raised outside the San Joaquin County administration building on Friday. Flag Day is celebrated to commemorate when the U.S. flag was first adopted in 1777.

Flag Day is a national holiday that observers the creation of the first American Flag during the American Revolution in 1777. It is the day that honors the symbol of freedom and pride in American ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.