The "Proctor flag" or the "Rattlesnake flag" was first unfurled in the wake of the fighting at Lexington and Concord.
Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. While observed nationally, Flag Day is not a federal holiday, though Pennsylvania recognizes it as a state holiday. Flag Day, a ...
On June 14, 1777, Congress passed the Flag Resolution of 1777. In 1949, President Truman designated June 14 as national Flag Day. President Trump was born on Flag Day in 1946. During the Revolutionary ...
While June brings several holidays, like Juneteenth and Father’s Day, there’s a more obscure holiday this Father’s Day weekend. Flag Day lands on the Saturday before Father’s Day this year, which is ...
(WHTM) — Saturday is Flag Day, which commemorates the day our flag was adopted in 1777. Many flags, of course, will be flying this weekend. Highmark Blue Shield in Camp Hill held a flag-raising ...
June 14 will be chock-full of patriotic celebrations, not only because it is the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, but also due to Saturday being Flag Day. The ...
Did Betsy Ross Design the Flag of the United States? When I attended high school during the mid-1960’s, I was not one to appreciate the efforts of historians and history teachers as I sat in an ...
While June brings several holidays, like Juneteenth and Father’s Day, there’s a more obscure holiday this Father’s Day weekend. Today is Flag Day! It isn’t a federal holiday and most people in the U.S ...