![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090814072722im_/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/common/trans.gif) |
%%hunt_link%%
![Making the flag](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090814072722im_/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/modern/jb_modern_birth_1_m.jpg)
Betsy Ross showing the United States flag to George Washington and others
![Enlarge this image](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090814072722im_/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/common/b_enlarge.gif)
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090814072722im_/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/common/trans.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090814072722im_/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/common/trans.gif) |
%%hunt_margin%%
Flag Day Celebrated
June 14, 1777
Today is Flag Day! On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation declaring that June 14 be celebrated as the official Flag Day. Many Americans celebrate Flag Day by displaying the Red, White and Blue in front of homes and businesses. The day commemorates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States.Do you know the flag's history? According to American legend, in June 1776, George Washington commissioned Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress, to create a flag for the new nation in anticipation of a declaration of its independence.
page 1 of 3
|