Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.

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

Flag Day commemorates June 14, 1777—the date the Second Continental Congress adopted the American flag. Thirteen alternating ...

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, according ...

President Woodrow Wilson and President Calvin Coolidge each issued presidential proclamations asking for June 14 to be ...

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

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

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 ...

In May 1916, then-President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 to be marked as Flag Day. Since then, people in the country have ...

Flag Day is celebrated on 14 June every year to commemorate the adoption of the first national flag by the Continental ...

In mid-June 2025, a rumor spread on social media claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense ( DOD) shared a Flag Day post on X featuring two Russian flags. Flag Day, celebrated annually on June 14, ...

Happy Flag Day! On this day 246 years ago, Congress created our national flag by commemorating Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes.