This Day in History: Congress Adopts the Stars and Stripes from basic mp3 song Watch Video

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This Day in History: , Congress Adopts the <br/>Stars and Stripes.<br/>June 14, 1777.<br/>The basic design for the <br/>American flag was adopted <br/>at the Continental Congress <br/>during the American Revolution.<br/>Legend has it seamstress <br/>Betsy Ross sewed the <br/>first flag at the request of <br/>General George Washington.<br/>The flag had thirteen <br/>alternating red and white <br/>stripes and thirteen stars set <br/>in a circle against a blue field.<br/>As new states declared <br/>their statehood, the flag <br/>added both stars and stripes.<br/>Congress restored the <br/>original 13 stripes in the <br/>early 1800s to represent <br/>the original 13 colonies.<br/>The inaugural Flag Day <br/>was held on June 14, 1877, <br/>and was designated officially <br/>by Congress in 1949