Nearly 250 years ago, on June 14, 1777, the Continental
Congress in Philadelphia adopted a resolution to establish the official flag of
our Republic. Embroiled in the Revolutionary War, with the drafting of the
Articles of Confederation underway, the Founders shifted their focus to pass
the Flag Act that read: “Resolved, that the flag of the United States be
thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars,
white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.”
The adoption of the Stars and Stripes as our young nation’s
flag was a powerful symbol to the world, representing the unity, determination,
and grit of the American colonists as they faced the formidable British Empire.
Read the entire article by Callista Gingrich here.
Also, see Eric Metaxas' Remembrance and Ritual on Flag Day.
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