United States · observance
June 14 — the day the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes, in 1777.
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The resolution of 14 June 1777 said the flag should be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with thirteen white stars on a blue field. It did not say how to arrange the stars, which is why early flags differ so much. The Betsy Ross story is traditional rather than documented — it was told publicly by her grandson almost a century later.
A flag is a piece of design that has to work at a distance, in wind, upside down, and in one color. That is a genuinely interesting problem for a child to think about.
What a family can actually do
Design a flag for your family. Three colors, one shape, no words.
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