Flag Day, a national holiday that honors our nation's flag, is Saturday, June 14, amid a weekend that also celebrates Father's Day and the U.S. Army's 250th birthday.

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. Flag Day, a ...

Flag Day meaning in US: History of the American flag On this day 246 years ago, Congress created our national flag by commemorating Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes.

Today is Flag Day. There are more than 100 designs of flags that have represented our land. We think of 50 stars and 13 stripes, but many had other designs. The Sons of Liberty flag had just the ...

The SBA flew a large American flag and a smaller "Appeal to Heaven" flag at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 11 in celebration of Flag Day.

WASHINGTON — The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on Thursday, June 19, a federal holiday marking the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they ...

Less than a year prior — according to legend — President George Washington had ordered Betsy Ross to make the first flag, according to the National Constitution Center. The day also marks the birthday ...