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 ...

President Woodrow Wilson and President Calvin Coolidge each issued presidential proclamations asking for June 14 to be observed as Flag Day, according to the VA. On Aug. 3, 1949, Congress approved the ...

Celebrated each year on June 14, Flag Day commemorates the 1777 approval of a national flag design by the Continental ...

The annual observance reminds Americans that their flag represents more than cloth and thread; it embodies the principles of ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

that Flag Day would be observed. The event was first observed in the late 1800s by schoolteachers around the U.S., according to the National Constitution Center, and in May 1916, President Woodrow ...

Since President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 Flag Day in May 1916, the United States has honored the adoption of the stars and stripes in a number of ways, including carrying the flag in ...

Yes! Flag Day shares a date with the birth of the U.S. Army, which pre-dates the decision of what the American flag would look like by two years. "According to U.S. Army history reports ...

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. While observed nationally, Flag Day is not a federal holiday, though Pennsylvania recognizes it as a state holiday.