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 ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross ... The Journals of Congress from 1777 says that the stars represented “a new constellation,” but a 1818 law ...

The Journals of Congress from 1777 says that the stars represented “a new constellation,” but a 1818 law ... Michigan has collected about 240 old battle flags and had a display in its Capitol ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by ...

Americans across the nation are preparing to celebrate Flag Day on Friday, June 14th, an annual observance dedicated to honoring the United States flag and commemorating its pivotal adoption by ...

Flag Day commemorates June 14, 1776, which is the day the Continental Congress agreed on what the nation’s flag would look like. In 1916, President Wilson issued a proclamation of June 14 as ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing the first United States national flag. Betsy Ross may have been puzzled by ...

In Betsy Ross' day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield smoke and noise. The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often ... The Journals of Congress from 1777 says that the stars represented “a new ...