1777 – The first American flag was adopted on June 14 ... that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation," an excerpt from the Journals of the ...

the American flag has undergone various changes before Congress in 1818 settled on the basic design we have today -- 13 stripes to represent the original 13 colonies and white stars on a blue ...

outlining the purpose for a united American flag for the 13 colonies: “The flag of the United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

There are 13 stripes on a standard American flag, alternating between red and ... that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” ...

that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation. Thus it was the basic design for the American flag was set, and June 14 would become known in the United ...

History of the design of the American flag which will ... Congress adopted a resolution for a flag with thirteen red & white stripes & thirteen stars, white in a blue field. As new states came ...

Southampton Arts Center (SAC) is proud to announce Independency: The American Flag at 250 Years, a powerful and visually ...

The Star-Spangled Banner arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. National Museum of American History The flag’s history starts not with Key, but rather a year earlier, with Major George ...