June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...

Helms donated the flag to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History ... colors – a single white stripe in the middle and alternating light blue and pink stripes above and below ...

The red, white, and blue stands both for Old Glory and the tricolor of France, which also flew over the state. Lincoln’s ...