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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.
A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, ...
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.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, according to the Library of Congress. Both Wilson, in 1916, and President Coolidge, in ...
Independence Day is a quintessential American holiday and the flag is its most visible symbol, but many Americans are unaware ...
Flag Day was first observed in 1877, ... "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, ...
Flags in Arizona and across the United States were to fly full-staff on June 14 in honor of Flag Day. Flag Day was started in 1885 by a Wisconsin teacher to honor the flag on the anniversary of ...