• On Sept. 3, 1777, the American flag is flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge in Maryland. On June 14, the Continental Congress had resolved that ...

CELEBRATING FLAG DAY IN STOCKTON TODAY. THE AMERICAN FLAG AND PRISONERS OF WAR MISSING IN ACTION. FLAGS WERE OUT AND THEY WERE RAISED OUTSIDE THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. FLAG DAY ...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — June 14 is Flag Day. It's been that way since 1777 when the Second Continental Congress adopted the flag with 13 red and white alternating stripes along with 13 stars to represent ...

PHILADELPHIA — In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a Chippendale ...

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a ...

"The flag was really an afterthought," says Scot Guenter, author of "The American Flag, 1777-1924" and a professor emeritus of American Studies at San Jose State University. In the beginning, Guenter ...