print email comment close Today in History: Flag Day URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun14.html Description: A brief history of Flag Day, which honors "June 14, 1777, [when] the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag." Also provides discussion of the Supreme Court decisions related to compelling students to salute the flag (reversed in 1943) and a variety of entertaining facts and links, including an audio recording of the "True to the Flag March." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress (LOC) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Bellamy, Francis. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Flag -- United States -- History Flag Day Holidays -- United States LII classic content LII Database Information: Record 11173 created by Karen Schneider on 05/27/2003 Last modification on 06/03/2004 Published: 05/27/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11173