Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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June 14th is Flag Day so, in honor of the holiday, this episode looks at the history of the American Flag.

You'll find out which flags were flown first before the nation had the Stars and Stripes, whether Betsy Ross actually created the first American flag, why the colors are red, white, and blue, and how our current flag started off as a school project.

Read more about the American flag:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States#First_flag
ushistory.org/betsy/flagfact.html
pbs.org/a-capitol-fourth/history/old-glory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Tree_Flag
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag
ushistory.org/betsy/more/canby.htm
snopes.com/confederate-flag-history
nytimes.com/2017/06/11/us/puerto-ricans-vote-on-the-question-of-statehood.html?mcubz=0&_r=0
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Heft

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