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Headline: This Day in History: Congress Adopts the Stars and Stripes

Caption: June 14, 1777. The basic design for the American flag was adopted at the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. Legend has it seamstress Betsy Ross sewed the first flag at the request of General George Washington.

Keywords: History,Flag,American,Flag Day,Symbol,Independence,British,Second Continental Congress,Flag Act,American Revolution,Regiment,Fought,War,June 14,Thirteen Stripes,Red White,Union Stars,Constellation,President,Woodrow Wilson

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