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Happy Flag Day! On this day 246 years ago, Congress created our national flag by commemorating Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes.
THE National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) joined the country in celebrating National Flag Day on May 28, 2025 and kicked off the Flag Days that will lead up to the 127th Anniversary ...
TOPEKA, Kan. — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday ...
The first national observance of Flag Day was on June 14, 1877 — 100 years after the Continental Congress adopted the resolution, according to the National Constitution Center.
The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday's modern Flag Day.
First created in 1997 by National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation founder Ben Haith, the banner is in red, white and blue ...
National observances for Flag Day began well ahead of the law signed by Truman, with a proclamation issued by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Wilson’s action came several decades after ...
Flag Day commemorates the 1777 approval of a national flag design by the Continental Congress. It was established by federal law in 1949 as June 14. Observances preceded that, including in 1891 at ...
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing the first United States national flag. Betsy Ross may ...
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.
While President Woodrow Wilson formally declared June 14 as Flag Day in May 1916, and President Harry Truman declared it a national holiday in 1949, Flag Day is not a federal holiday.
Flag Day, a national holiday that honors our nation's flag, is Saturday, June 14, amid a weekend that also celebrates Father's Day and the U.S. Army's 250th birthday.