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 ...

Planted alongside it, the daylily Hemerocallis ... miniature red hot poker, the tightest buds are a dark maroon, they swell to a glowing orange-pink and open creamy white.