1777, stated “That the flag of the United States be 13 stripes of alternating red and white and the union be 13 stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.” This Betsy Ross ...

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 ...

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and that “the union be 13 stars ...