Flag Day celebrates America's first symbol of independence from the British.<br />At the beginning of the American Revolution, each regiment fought under their own flag.<br />To give its army a single banner to fight under, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Act of 1777.<br />Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 because of the American flag's historic creation on that day.<br />"... thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation." Flag Act of 1777<br />The first official Flag Day was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
