In recognition of the city's 400th anniversary, this year's Flag Day parade is billed as the biggest and best yet. Here's a look at how the celebration will take place on Saturday, June 14. Quincy’s Flag Day celebration begins at 6 p.

A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation," according to the Smithsonian.