105 years ago, Woodrow Wilson established today as Flag Day. Why this date?
When the American Revolution began (1775), we lacked a unifying flag. Regiments chose their own flags with which to fight against the British. And, then, almost a year after we became independent (or thought we were becoming independent), the Continental Congress (the second one)- while preparing the Articles of Confederation (statement of principles and agreement among the 13 colonies, serving as a constitution of sorts)- passed a resolution decreeing that the “flag of the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation”. In other words, the designation of a flag that would be uniform among the 13 constituent states. They wanted a unified colonial fighting force.
