Flag Day is celebrated on June 14, marking the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress in the First Flag Act on June 14, 1777.The Act declared that the new flag would have "13 ...

From the beginning, June 14, 1777, (Flag Day), when our flag was adopted by the Second Continental Congress, through the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and up through the war on terrorism, ...

Flag Day marks the anniversary of the Stars and Stripes becoming the official United States flag on June 14, 1777, during the throes of the Revolutionary War. Prior to this, ...

From the beginning, June 14, 1777 (Flag Day), when our flag was adopted by the Second Continental Congress, through the American Revolution, the War of 1812, ...

Flag Day in the United States is an unofficial holiday commemorating the adoption of the American flag 244 years ago by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777.

Today marks Flag Day, a day commemorating the adoption of the flag on June 14, 1777, […] The American flag is everywhere. The flag can be found in numerous places. It's perched atop ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...

Flag Day is celebrated to commemorate when the U.S. flag was first adopted in 1777.For more, check out the video player above. STOCKTON, Calif ...

Flag Day’s start: While the adoption of the first U.S. flag happened on June 14, 1777, Flag Day was initially established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, according to the Library of Congress.

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. While observed nationally, Flag Day is not a federal holiday, though Pennsylvania recognizes it as a state holiday.

For the first time, our nation's American flag was flown in battle, on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Delaware. Here's the background.