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Congress Adopts the Stars and Stripes

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor

June 14, 2016

Photo Credit: Photo via Wikipedia under the Creative Commons License

The flag as designed by Betsy Ross.

On this day in 1777, during The Revolutionary War congress adopted the flag of the United States of America requesting that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and that “the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” Hence the holiday of Flag Day.

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Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor

Michael Passarelli is 18 years old and a senior at Colonia High School. He is involved with numerous clubs at the school including Marching Band, Jazz Band, and was involved with the Directors Showcase for the theatre program during the fall semester. In the band he plays bass guitar and trumpet and during the 2014 season of Marching Band he was in percussion, and in the 2015 season he played bass guitar for the pit. Passarelli plans to eventually start a career in law enforcement although he has already acquired many skills and is very interested in possibly pursuing a career in construction. He plans to major in Business Management in college.

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The Declaration

Congress Adopts the Stars and Stripes

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