User blog:ARTaylor/Flag Day 2017

In the United States of America, today is Flag Day. The day celebrates the adoption of the Flag of the United States in 1777 by the Second Continental Congress. It also celebrates the birthday of the United States Army. Coincidentally, it is also the anniversary of the "Bear Flag Revolt" that led to the establishment of the state of California. Flag Day was nationally established in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson and was made official by an act of Congress in 1949 though it is not a federal holiday.