This Day In History - Congress Adopts the Stars and Stripes 1777

Congress Adopts the Stars and Stripes 1777

Sunday, June 14, 2020

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Event Description

On this day in 1777, during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that "the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white" and that "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."

Event Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania