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Flag Day, like other notable and patriotic celebrations, will be observed (once again) on June 14. Here's what we have learned about the holiday.

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’s start: While the adoption of the first U.S. flag happened on June 14, 1777, Flag Day was initially established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, according to the Library of Congress.

Other sources suggest that schoolteacher B.J. Cigrand, who is known as "the father of Flag Day," established the holiday when he and his class at Stony Hill School, Wisconsin, celebrated it in 1885.

But the creation of Flag Day pre-dates Wilson’s proclamation and started in the 1880s, with a school teacher in Waubeka, Wisconsin, a small town about 35 miles outside of Milwaukee.

Look out for the red, white and blue this week as the United States celebrates Flag Day. Here's what you should know about the special occasion, which pays tribute to the Stars and Stripes on June 14.

To this day, he is regarded as the “Father of Flag Day.” Since then, there have been 27 different versions of the American flag, and stars have been added as states joined the Union.