Happy Flag Day

June 14, 2021

Flag Day is celebrated every year on June 14th, though it is not a federal holiday. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777. There were 13 colonies at the time. Can you name them? Below is the list, along with the dates each became an official state:

1 Delaware: 07-DEC 1787
2 Pennsylvania:  12-DEC 1787
3 New Jersey:  18-DEC 1787
4 Georgia:  02-JAN 1788
5 Connecticut:  09-JAN 1788
6 Massachusetts:  06-FEB 1788
7 Maryland:  28-APR 1788
8 South Carolina:  23-MAY 1788
9 New Hampshire:  21-JUN 1788
10 Virginia:  25-JUL 1788
11 New York:  26-JUL 1788
12 North Carolina:  21-NOV 1789
13 Rhode Island:  29-MAY 1790

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