Seeing as June 14 is Flag Day, knowing some of the history of the day and how it came to be made it even more meaningful.
Flag Day is the day the United States pauses to celebrate a simple piece of cloth that has carried a whole country’s story across centuries.
The observance always falls on June 14, but it’s not an official federal holiday. Here’s what to know. When Olympic athletes ...
On June 14, 1777, a banner of red, white, and blue was woven into history when the Second Continental Congress passed the First Flag Resolution, making our beloved Stars and Stripes the official flag ...
All about the U.S. Flag: its history and all of the themes it represents. This episode focuses on the flag of the United States of America (USA), its history, and all of the themes that it represents.
On June 14, 1777, Congress passed the Flag Resolution of 1777. In 1949, President Truman designated June 14 as national Flag Day. President Trump was born on Flag Day in 1946. During the Revolutionary ...
Flag Day is commemorated each year in the United States on June 14. Though Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, the day remains significant nonetheless, as it traces its origins all the way ...
The flag of the United States has had several different nicknames over the years. “Stars and Stripes” and “Old Glory” are two of the names the flag has had since the initial flag was adopted in 1777.
The U.S. Flag Code from 1923 sets guidelines on how the American flag should and should not be used. From beach towels to baseball caps, American flag designs appear everywhere during the Fourth of ...
On June 14, 1777, the delegates of the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution declaring “that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be ...