How's Your US Flag Knowledge? (For U.S. Flag Day Tuesday, June 4)-- Part 1

Be sure to put your U.S. flag out this Tuesday because it is Flag Day.  It commemorates the adoption of the flag  by the Second Continental Congress of June 14, 1777.

RESOLVED, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.

The United States Army also celebrates its birthday on this date, but they were formed in 1775 on June 14.

Here are some multiple choice questions too test your knowledge (from the Current GA site).

1.  The "Star-Spangled Banner" was written to celebrate U.S. forces surviving the British attack on:

a)  Independence Hall in Philadelphia;

b)  the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.;

c)  Fort McHenry in Baltimore;

d)  Fort Pulaski in Savannah.

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2.  Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner" from the deck of a British ship.  Why was he there?

a)  Key was negotiating the release of an American doctor/spy, William Beanes;

b)  Key was spying on the British Navy;

c)  Key was a journalist covering the battle;

d)  Key was a British agent.

ANSWERS BELOW.

1.  c

2.  a

Put Your Flag Out Tuesday.  --Cooter