Daughters of the American Revolution

Pulaski Street School celebrated the 247th anniversary of the Continental Congress adopting the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777.

Today is the 246th anniversary of the Continental Congress adopting the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777. Pulaski Street School celebrated the flag yesterday. Photos.

Pulaski Street School celebrated Old Glory this morning with an annual Flag Day ceremony hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Photos.

Each year on Flag Day, the Suffolk Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, conducts ceremonies at Pulaski Street Elementary School to celebrate the flag. This year's celebration of the flag's 243rd birthday could not take place at the school, but DAR Suffolk Chapter Regent Ann Otten wrote this reflection on the cloth Americans revere as a symbol of liberty and justice.

The history of the American flag was the topic of the day today at ceremonies outside Pulaski Street School, where the Suffolk Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution helped students celebrate the 240th birthday of the flag.

The graves of four patriots of the American Revolution lie beneath weather-worn marble slabs in the old burial grounds tucked away in a Main...