Flag Day, 250th Army anniversary
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Flag Day, like other notable and patriotic celebrations, will be observed (once again) on June 14. Here's what we have learned about the holiday.
It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue field with 13 white stars, representing a new constellation — a powerful symbol of unity and independence that continues to fly proudly today.
Military leaders, veterans, and civic voices gather at Mount Vernon to mark Army’s 250th and launch a campaign urging Americans to serve their country.
Since President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 Flag Day in May 1916, the United States has honored the adoption of the stars and stripes in a number of ways, including carrying the flag in parades, displaying it outside homes and holding other patriotic events. Before 1916, a number of states and cities had started to observe the day.
Celebrated each year on June 14, Flag Day commemorates the 1777 approval of a national flag design by the Continental Congress.
As the U.S. Army and its infantry ... Truman in 1946 that marks the day in 1777 that the United States officially adopted the stars and stripes as its official flag. For Kyle and Gavin, joining ...
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Lansing State Journal on MSNWhen is Flag Day? What to know about US flag design, historyPresident Woodrow Wilson and President Calvin Coolidge each issued presidential proclamations asking for June 14 to be observed as Flag Day, according to the VA. On Aug. 3, 1949, Congress approved the national observance of Flag Day, and President Harry Truman signed it into law.
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