June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian ... the Smithsonian's ...

Helms donated the flag to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History ... colors – a single white stripe in the middle and alternating light blue and pink stripes above and below ...

Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the ...

The red, white, and blue stands both for Old Glory and the tricolor of France, which also flew over the state. Lincoln’s ...