06/14/2025
Flag Day in the United States commemorates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the national flag on June fourteenth, seventeen seventy-seven, by the Second Continental Congress. It started gaining traction in the late eighteen hundreds, with early celebrations like Bernard Cigrand’s push in eighteen eighty-five to honor the flag’s history. President Woodrow Wilson officially established June fourteenth as Flag Day in nineteen sixteen, and President Harry Truman signed it into law in nineteen forty-nine, though it’s not a federal holiday. Communities often hold parades, ceremonies, or flag-raising events to mark the day, celebrating patriotism and the flag’s symbolism of unity and freedom.
