History The first official national flag was approved by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. It is widely believed, but not confirmed, that Betsy Ross sewed the first American Flag.

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Street v. New York A state law under which a man was convicted for burning the American flag to protest the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers was unconstitutional.

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