Flag Resolution
Time: Saturday Jun 14, 1777
Place: U.S.
Details: On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which 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." Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year.
‹ Earlier in historyThe father was an attorney who went on to be named Corsica's representative to the court of Louis XVI1777 Later in history ›British General John Burgoyne led the Saratoga campaignJul, 1777
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1777
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