The Continental Congress, the legislative body for the newly declared United States, adopted an official flag on June 14, 1777. The delegates resolved that “the flag of the United States be thirteen ...

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However, that wasn't the only reason. The Pledge of Allegiance also was created to venerate the flag and "foster patriotism," in addition to boosting revenue for a popular magazine in the late 1800s ...

(The Conversation) — On Flag Day, a historian of religions in America explains how the Pledge of Allegiance, which honors the American flag, is part of American civil religion. (The Conversation) — ...