6/14/2023 - WASHINGTON — On this Flag Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) not only salutes America’s banner of freedom, but also the nation’s first military branch to defend it – the United States Army. On June 14, 1775, the following entry was written into the journal of the Second Continental Congress: “Resolved, that six companies of expert rifleman, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia … [and] as soon as completed, shall march and join ...