Save Our History The History Channel
TimelineActivitiesFlag InfoThe SongConservationTeacher's ManualHome
Early
June 14, 1777

Illiustration

The Second Continental Congress approves the first official American flag. They decided that it should have 13 red and white stripes and 13 white stars on a blue background. (This is why Flag Day is always celebrated on June 14th.)

Unfortunately, nobody bothered to write down where the stars and the stripes actually went on the flag. So for the next 40 years or so, the American flag had a number of different looks...

PreviousNext


 

Vocabulary
Colors
The flags carried by dismounted organizations (e.g. a color guard). The national color for the Army and Marine corp regiments is the U.S. flag.

Rule