Flag Day, which is celebrated annually on June 14, commemorates the day the stars and stripes flag was officially adopted as the official U.S. flag in 1777 ... Day and the American flag, including ...

Every June 14 in the United States, we celebrate Flag Day. But do you know why? It's because on that date in 1777, the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the American flag as America's ...

The U.S. State Department’s “ One Flag Policy ” mandates that only the American flag — except for specific instances, such as ...

on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's birthday dates to 1885 when schoolteacher BJ Cigrand organized a ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...