About National Flag Day
Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 to commemorate the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day. Although not an official federal holiday, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress on August 3, 1949.
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