Today is Flag Day in the United States.....Some info below from here:
Flag Day doesn’t have the commercial power of Halloween or the religious significance of Easter and Christmas. It also lacks the reverence of Memorial Day and the celebratory punch of the Fourth of July.
And still, Flag Day holds meaning. From its humble beginning at a Wisconsin public school in 1885, the day has been an observation of our national banner and what it signifies. The flag symbolizes our nation’s sovereignty, freedom and liberty. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act, which stated, “Resolved that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a field of blue, representing a new Constellation.”
As our nation has grown, so has the number of stars on the flag. But the 13 stripes have been a constant. You could see the stars representing our nation’s ability to grow and prosper, and the stripes as the bedrock principles that have guided us from the start.
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