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On June 14, 1777 the Continental Congress adopted the flag we know as the “Betsy Ross” flag as the official standard of the United States:
Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.
Today is Flag Day. Long may she wave!
UPDATE: a great post with much more detail on the flag and Flag Day from my blog-friend Callimachus of Done With Mirrors. He also mentions The Star Spangled Banner. As I wrote in my post, Anthems, I never really got The Star Spangled Banner until after 9/11. Now I get it.
