Easy-to-follow text introduces early readers to Flag Day, explaining how and why it is celebrated, how to properly fly the American flag, and why the flag is an important symbol in the United States.
General Jones teaches Claire and Robbie that freedom comeswith responsibility and means different things to different people. Includes a brief history of the origin of the flag, with Betsy Ross.
Provides information about Flag Day, celebrated in recognition of the official adoption of the American flag by Congress on June 14, 1777, discussing the origins of the holiday and the history of the flag, and looking at other symbols of the nation.
The Stars and Stripes, has long been a symbol of freedom in the United States and all over the world. But the US flag we are familiar with today has only been around since 1959. Before that, the flag took on many different arrangements. Readers will learn about the many versions of the US flag that came before our current version.