“Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.”
Such was the text in the Flag Act passed by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The Revolutionary War was raging with no end in sight. To boost morale and show support for a young America fighting for its very right to exist, our country’s first flag was inscribed in history.
This Sunday at 4 p.m., Iola Elks and the Scouts’ Pack 55 and Troop 55 of Iola will…
