The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

There is an American flag so large that it's called the ... The first flag was adopted by Congress in 1777, but the story about Betsy first came to light almost a hundred years later when William ...

It's said to be put together by Betsy Ross herself (an American upholsterer) in 1777. Though it isn't officially confirmed if Ross was indeed the first person to sew the flag, it has been widely ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...