The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants ...

Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen ...

It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue field ...

Since President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 Flag Day in May 1916, the United States has honored the adoption of the stars ...