It's All About Stars and Stripes

Today is Flag Day...the 228th birthday of the United States Flag

 

In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes pattern for the national flag.

 

In case you didn't learn this in your history class, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies of America.

 

And each of the 50 stars represents each state of the Union.

 

There is no record why the Continental Congress chose red, white, and blue as the colors for the flag.

 

Pledge of Allegiance:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

 

The picture is of Melissa proudly displaying the Stars and Stripes!