Flag Day -- June 14
What is Flag Day?
Every year a Presidential Proclamation is issued on or around June 14 encouraging
people to recognize Flag Day and National Flag Week.
Read President Barack Obama's 2009,
2010,
& 2011
proclamations for Flag Day & National Flag Week
Why June 14?
On June 14, 1777, John Adams introduced the following resolution before the Continental Congress: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation."
Click here or here for a history of Flag Day from the Library of Congress
Information from the National Flag Day Foundation
Information from Ben's Guide from the Government Printing Office
Our Flag through the history
- 1777 -- the Betsy Ross Flag
- The Star Spangled Banner
- View flags through the ages here from 13 to 50 stars
- Works from Jasper Johns
The American Flag in Song
Our Flag and controversy
- Wearing the American Flag on One's Sleve -- an editorial from NPR