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Show DAY JUNE 14 t r " ? - FLAG , . Our Ameiican Amelican American flag , geneially genelalIy generally conceded to be the themost themost themost most beautiful national emblem in the world , was official offIcial- offIcially officially officially - ly adopted by the Continental Congress on June 14 14,1777 141777 , 1177 1777 , in a resolution which provided as follows : . "That That tlThat " the fl flag g of the United States be 13 stripes ofalternating of ofalternatIng ofalternating alternatIng 1 led ied ed and white , and that the union umon be 13 stars starswhite , " whIte , on a blue field , representing representmg a new constellation consteIIatIon . In the original flag the 13 stais stals stars were arranged in 2cIrcle 2 ? ' circle , but after the admission of Vermont and Kentucky Kentuckyto to statehood the number of stars and stripes was increased in- in increased in increased - creased to 15 each . It became evident that with the admission of morestates more morestates morestates ' to rep- rep represent represent rep represent - states the number of additional stripes stI'Ipes stIIpes necessary resent them would make the flag unwieldly , so in 1818 1818Congress 1818Congress 1818Congress Congress 1 icstored estored restored the 13 original stiipes stlipes , to represent representthe representthe representthe the 13 oliginal original states , and provided that in future the thestates thestates thestates states should be represented by stars only . . . In commemoration of the adoption of the flag by byCongress byCongress byCongress Congress in 1777 , June 14 is celebrated throughout the thenation thenation thenation nation as Flag Day , a fitting occasion upon which to re- re renew renew re renew - - new our allegiance aIIeglance to the flag and all aU for which it stands . |
