First Flag Day Was In Pa
Flag Day commemorates the anniversary of the congressional adoption of the first stars and stripes flag design, which took place on June 14, 1777.
Although the national observance was not adopted by Congress until Aug. 3, 1949, Pennsylvania was the first state to adopt June 14 as Flag Day, with the original resolution adopted on May 7, 1937.
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The Pennsylvania House, June 3, unanimously adopted House Resolution 879, which commemorates June 14 as Flag Day in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, says State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)