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- On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag. Since 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation declaring June 14 Flag Day, Americans have commemorated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by celebrating June 14 as Flag Day. According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross to create a ...www.ait.nrl.navy.mil