On Saturday, Americans will not only be saluting the Army’s 250th year with President Donald Trump at a parade in Washington, D.C. we will also be celebrating America’s symbol of freedom, the American flag. It should be a celebration of important symbols of American unity and strength – but some Democratic politicians are intent on marring the event with calls for protests – much like the ones that have turned violent in LA and other cities around the country.

The United States flag is celebrated each year on Flag Day, June 14, to commemorate the day the official flag act resolution was adopted in 1777.

The Second Continental Congress adopted this resolution on June 14, 1777, which stated that the official American Flag should have thirteen stripes, alternating between red and white, thirteen stars, to represent the states in the union, and a blue field to represent this new constellation.