Flag Day (United States) ... Flag Day is a holiday celebrated on June 14 in the United States. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the โ€ฆ 1 day ago ยท NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2026, as Flag Day and the week starting June 14, 2026, as National Flag Week. Flag Day, in the United States, a day honouring the national flag, observed on June 14. The holiday commemorates the date in 1777 when the United States approved the design for its first national flag. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress resolved that the Flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with thirteen white stars on a blue field, one for each of the original colonies. Though not a federal holiday, Flag Day is annual observance for all Americans. Each year, the sitting president encourages all Americans to display the โ€ฆ 4 days ago ยท Flag Day, a holiday dedicated to the American flag, picked up steam in the 19th century. 7 hours ago ยท Since 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, Americans have commemorated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes in โ€ฆ.

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