BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5422@tualatinvfwaux.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20260614 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20260615 DTSTAMP:20200604T164039Z URL:https://tualatinvfwaux.org/events/flag-day-2026-06-14/ SUMMARY:Flag Day - - 14 Jun 26 00:00 DESCRIPTION:Who designed the original "Stars and Stripes" flag of the Unite d States is a point never definitely confirmed. Was it Betsy Ross\, expert Philadelphia seamstress\, or New Jersey's Congressman Francis Hopkinson?\ n\nThe traditional story that Betsy Ross designed the original flag in 177 6 has caught the popular fancy but no official record substantiates the st ory. Some historians claim that in June 1776\, Gen. George Washington\, Ro bert Morris and Betsy's uncle\, George Ross\, went to her Philadelphia uph olstery shop. The men told her they were members of a congressional commit tee. They showed her a rough design of a stars and stripes flag and asked her if she would make the emblem. She said yes and recommended making the stars five-pointed instead of six. The change was approved.\n\nGeorge Wash ington drew another design\, and Betsy Ross sewed the emblem. On June 14\, 1777\, Congress adopted it as the official U.S. flag. That is the Betsy R oss story as it is related. However\, some sources claim there is no offic ial record of a congressional flag committee. The only documented evidence naming Mrs. Ross is said to be a voucher dated May 29\, 1777\, showing th at she was paid 14 pounds and some shillings for flags she made for the Pe nnsylvania Navy. \;\n\nNote: Recent historic research indicates Franci s Hopkinson\, a consultant to the Second Continental Congress is responsib le for designing the original Stars and Stripes. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/tualatinvfwaux.org/wp-content/ uploads/Flag-Day.jpg?fit=800%2C296&ssl=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR