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Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue

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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. Visit the O Say Can You See blog for pointers on U.S. Flag Code, or learn more about the Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

  • Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue
  • Star-Spangled Banner
  • U.S. Flag Facts
  • National Postal Museum Presorted First-Class (23c) United States Flag single
  • National Air and Space Museum Insignia, United States Flag, United States Air Force
  • National Air and Space Museum Flag, United States, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
  • National Postal Museum 4c 50-Star Flag single
  • National Postal Museum 5c Flag over White House single
  • Smithsonian Archives - History Div Postcard of the Original Star-Spangled Banner
  • National Museum of American History Shield used by Chris Evans as Captain America in Captain America:The Winter Soldier
  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Red, White and Blue, from 1776 USA 1976: Bicentennial Prints
  • National Museum of American History Evel Knievel's Jumpsuit
  • National Museum of American History American flag with pink triangle button

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