Flag Day Food Photos: You Are What You Eat

Today is Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag by the Second Continental Congress in 1977 1777 (we were just seeing if you were paying attention). Although it is not an official federal holiday, Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress in 1949, after Woodrow Wilson officially designated June 14 as flag Day in 1916.

HuffPost Food wanted to celebrate the occasion with some some fun and inventive American flag food photos and recipes that we found. If you'd like to add any of your own American flag food photos, just click the "Add A Slide" button immediately below. Happy Flag Day!

 

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When baking these scrumptious cookies, be sure to not burn America. And when icing them, be extra vigilant that the colors don't run.

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When baking these scrumptious cookies, be sure to not burn America. And when icing them, be extra vigilant that the colors don't run.

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[Southrnbelle]

04:44 PM on 07/02/2010

I do love the 4th of July - fireworks, burgers and dogs on the grill.

I just wish it were in December instead of July. It's so bloody hot here in Florida.

AND, I wish I could figure out how to make that Flagg Cake #2. How did they do that?

Can't find the recipe.

[Holly Carman]

07:10 PM on 06/29/2010

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[TreatGirl]

01:11 PM on 06/15/2010

BTW, my Stars and Stripes cookies were made personally by me, and the photo, which is inaccurately attributed to thefoodnetwork.com on the front page of HuffPo's Food section was taken by me in my home - no connection to the Food Network whatsoever.

[LisaLisa1234]

05:02 PM on 06/16/2010

Those cookies are beautiful! I can bake a mean sugar cookie, but the decorating usually turns out more comical than pretty. :)

Yours are amazing.

[LisaLisa1234]

05:04 PM on 06/16/2010

Oh, and the original Food page photo was the one of the Barefoot Contessa's cake. They probably replaced it with your cookies because the cookie pic is more impressive, and forgot to remove the Food Network reference.

[henrypapillon]

01:20 AM on 06/15/2010

I must be Oatmeal, a salad, a sandwich and a Hershey bar, then.

[NoPCZone]

12:28 AM on 06/15/2010

Shout Out to my original hometown- Three Oaks, Michigan. They hold the largest Flag Day parade in the US every year. It's not something cooked up for tourism- they have been doing it forever.

[inonoatama]

11:49 PM on 06/14/2010

WHY WE NEED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN FLAG.

There must be protection against, and severe penalties for, those who would disrespect our national symbol by eating it and washing it down with coffee.

[kinoptikation]

09:46 PM on 06/14/2010

You are what you eat... what about it, Jimmy Dean?

[dante2810]

07:00 PM on 06/14/2010

Dang it..now i am hungry.

[digitalJE5U5]

04:15 PM on 06/14/2010

These Flag Day photos tell the true story: http://bit.ly/ourflag

[Juanmisimo]

06:35 PM on 06/14/2010

gtfo

[susan166]

04:07 PM on 06/14/2010

Flag Day:It is measure to righteousness the oldest symbol and most grave temple of our region of U.s.. Weekday, June 14th is Flag Day, the start of the Nationalistic Flag week. 1966, Congress passed a resolution http://usspost.com/flag-day-11129/

[PDXTransplant]

03:36 PM on 06/14/2010

#11 Cupcake looked the most delicious. ;)

[Geoffrey Gardner]

03:12 PM on 06/14/2010

The Second Continental Congress happened in 1777, not 1977 :)

[mathme]

09:32 PM on 06/14/2010

1775 :)