Betsy Ross showing the United States flag to George Washington and others
Flag Day Celebrated
June 14, 1777
On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14. The day commemorates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States.
Legend says, in June 1776, George Washington commissioned Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia seamstress, to create a flag for the new nation in anticipation of a declaration of its independence.
