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. He declared in a ...

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The woman often credited with sewing the first national US flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern Flag Day.

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 is observed on June 14 every year. In 2025, it also marks President Trump's 79th birthday.

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War.

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.

What does Flag Day celebrate? The holiday marks the date in 1777 that the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag for what to Great Britain were rebellious American colonies.