There's nothing quite like the vibrancy of that red ... a blue square at the top left corner of the flag, with the number "76" under it. What's unique about this flag is that the white stripes ...

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 ...