Flag Day

Flag Day kicks off the patriotic summer holiday celebrations, it commemorates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes on June 14, 1777 (almost a year after the signing of the Declaration of Independence), though it is not an official federal holiday. This can be a great holiday, along with the Fourth of July, for a fun and creative civics lesson. Here are some books to help get the wheels turning:

• One Nation: America by the Numbers by Devin Scillian
• United States of America (A to Z) by Jeff Reynolds
• The Constitution of the United States by Christine Taylor-Butler
• The American Revolution for Kids by Janis Herbert
• You Wouldn't Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party! by Peter Cook and David Antram