In mid-June 2025, a rumor spread on social media claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) shared a Flag Day post on X featuring two Russian flags. Flag Day, celebrated annually on June ...

More than 75 years after Flag Day became U.S. law, the stars and stripes grab our gaze these days in constant portraits of how Americans see their country’s promise — sometimes dotted along ...

Flag Day is this weekend The holiday commemorates the making of the first American Flag In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation establishing Flag Day As the country prepares to salute ...

This Father's Day weekend brings another, more obscure holiday in the U.S.: Flag Day. Here's what the holiday is and how and when it started.

Flag Day was first observed in 1877, and in May 1916, President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 Flag Day. Here's what to know about the day.

America's flag throughout history. The 50 stars and 13 stripes that make up the U.S. flag will celebrate its 65 birthday on July 4. Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959, and on July 4, 1960, the ...

June 14 will be chock-full of patriotic celebrations, not only because it is the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, but also due to Saturday being Flag Day. The ...

Flag Day is June 14th. The U.S. Army's 250th birthday coincides with Flag Day in 2025. While not a federal holiday, mail and banks will operate on a normal Saturday schedule.

No, Flag Day is not a federal holiday, but the president traditionally proclaims its observance every year. The date, June 14, remains the same, no matter which day of the week it falls.

Flag Day officially became a holiday in 1916, after years of advocacy. It was dreamed up in Wisconsin. "(In 1885) Bernard J. Cigrand, an 18-year-old Waubeka (Wisconsin) native teaching at Stony ...

Flag Day, celebrated annually on June 14 in the U.S., commemorates the adoption of the American flag in 1777. Aleksandra Wrona Published June 17, 2025 ...