This Is National Flag Day

    We are told the idea of celebrating a day to honor the existence of a United States flag began with the centennial of the existence of the United States flag.
    We are told that Betsy Ross, a seamstress who made clothes for George Washington, was approached by him to make the country's first flag. The design was reportedly made by a Congressman, Francis Hopkinson, with a resolution that "the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." That was enacted into law on June 14, 1777. Then on August 3, 1949, President Harry Truman commemorated the day by declaring June 14 as Flag Day.
    Over the years the design changed with the addition of more stars as more states were added to the union.
    Francis Scott Key is considered the individual who penned lyrics to our national anthem. He is reported to have been inspired by the British bombardment of Fort McHenry and penned the lyrics as he witnessed the event as British rockets whizzed in the air while the American flag flew in the breeze.
    We are told that the "Pledge of Allegiance" was inspired by a James B. Upham and Francis Bellamy and published in a magazine called "The Youth's Companion."
    The flag has been located in many places of the world from the North Pole to outer space.