Meet the Betsies who created Le Roy's Banner of Liberty
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AI Briefing
- • The Second Continental Congress passed the US flag resolution on July 14, 1777.
- • The flag design included 13 stripes and 13 white stars.
- • The design was approved for the new American nation.
Source Summary
Sunday is Flag Day. It was on July 14, 1777, that the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution: “Resolved that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white...
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