Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
The land and flag that I love
[ca. 1930–1945]
The birthday of our glorious Stars and Stripes was June 14, 1777. Upon that date the Continental Congress proclaimed its creation in a resolution which stated that the flag which was represent the United States of America, should consist of thirteen stripes, alternating red and white and thirteen white stars upon a blue field, one star for each of the original colonies.
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