Tidbits about Flag Day:
* In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14.
* It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
* The Flag Resolution stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."
* This design was created by Francis Hopkinson, a Continental Congressman from New Jersey and a consultant to the design of the Great Seal of the United States
* August 3, 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.
* Flag Day is not an official federal holiday.
* On June 14, 1937, Pennsylvania became the first U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday.
* The oldest continuing Flag Day parade is in Fairfield, Washington.
Happy Flag Day!
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