Flag Day Decoded - with Bill Federer

About this episode

The episode explores the origins of Flag Day and its historical significance during the American Revolution.

Flag Day isn’t a modern, made-up observance. It reaches back to a wartime decision on June 14, 1777, when the Second Continental Congress chose a national flag in the middle of the American Revolution. We walk through that origin story, why Francis Hopkinson belongs in the center of it, and how the familiar Betsy Ross claim shows what happens when legend outruns documentation. If you care about American history, the founding era, and civic literacy, this timeline changes how you see the symbo...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Barton, David Barton, Rick Green

Guest: Bill Federer

Topics covered

• Flag Day
• American history
• founding era
• civic literacy
• national flag

Keywords

• Flag Day
• American history
• national flag
• Betsy Ross
• Francis Hopkinson
• June 14, 1777
• civic literacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Second Continental Congress

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