Tag: Flag Day

Veterans Plaza Displays U.S. Flags on June 14th

On June 14th Flag Day, Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado displayed 35 U.S. flags at the Plaza in Fort Collins. Flag owner Newlen Sutton loans his 35 flags to the Plaza each year to be displayed for the public in honor of this holiday. His flag collection includes the first official U.S. flag to our …

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Origins of Flag Day

Flag Day is a holiday celebrated on June 14 in the United States. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. The Flag Resolution stated “That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union …

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