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The Flag Day will be celebrated on Saturday, June 14, this year. The date remains the same for every year. Although Flag Day is observed around the US, it is not a federal holiday.

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman.