It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue field with 13 white stars, representing a new constellation — a powerful symbol of unity and independence that continues to fly proudly today.

Learn the proper way to display, handle, and show respect to the American flag in honor of Flag Day, following official U.S. Flag Code.

A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation," according to the Smithsonian.