It’s Flag Day! On this day in 1777 the Second Continental Congress established the first official American flag. The familiar version of Old Glory that we know today (50 stars) was established in 1960. USPS is very proud of all the stamps issued over the years featuring our beloved Stars and Stripes. Here are just a few of our favorites.
Cowboy at the Dentist, art by Kurt Arde. Detail from Saturday Evening Post cover October 19, 1957.
Bomber Navigator, art by Dean Cornwell - 1945
A B-26 Marauder of the 454th Bombardment Squadron, 323rd Bombardment Group of the US 9th Air Force drops its bombs on the Cherbourg Peninsula near Utah Beach on D-Day at 6:17am - 6 June 1944
The Driving Range, art by John Falter. Detail from cover of Saturday Evening Post - July 26, 1952
An adopted Korean war orphan watches television in his new home in Los Angeles, 1956.
By Allan Grant
