June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...

Baker saw the rainbow as a natural flag from the sky, so he adopted eight colors for the stripes, each with its own meaning: hot pink for sex, red for life ... and demisexuality (grey), sexuality ...

There's nothing quite like the vibrancy of that red, white, and blue color ... the history behind the grand old flag. Here, we'll cover how many stars and stripes are actually on the flag, what ...