COHOES, NY-- A New York Office of State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation employee prepares the historic Marshall House Flag for display in June, 2011 at its restoration facility here.

June 14 is Flag Day, an annual celebration of the United States’ adoption of its official flag in 1777. It’s neither a national or state holiday – except in Pennsylvania and New York, which observes ...

ALBANY (Sept. 21, 2012) -- Nine historic Civil War battle flags which tell the story of New Yorkers in battle during 1862 are now on display at the State Capitol here. The display includes battle ...

Every year on June 14, the United States celebrates the flag and its historical significance. Though Flag Day is not a federal holiday, people may choose to commemorate the day by flying flags ...

Like probably most people in the United States, Ms. Almukhtar said that before the project, she would have been unable to identify a single state flag, not even her own (New York).

Every year on June 14, the United States celebrates the flag and its historical significance. Though Flag Day is not a federal holiday, people may choose to commemorate the day by flying flags ...

Every year on June 14, the United States celebrates the flag and its historical significance. Though Flag Day is not a federal holiday, people may choose to commemorate the day by flying flags ...

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and that “the union be 13 stars ...