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.

More than 75 years after Flag Day became U.S. law, the stars and stripes grab our gaze these days in constant portraits of how Americans see their country’s promise — sometimes dotted along historic graves of military veterans, draped upside down over a protester, or painted on a barn.

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a proclamation the next year that the U.S. flag symbolizes freedom and “protection from tyranny.”

Flag Day was proclaimed 100 years ago by President Woodrow Wilson in a speech May 30, 1916. Almost exactly 60 years later - on April 25, 1976 - Rick Monday of the Chicago Cubs raced across Dodgers Stadium’s outfield and snatched up a U.S. flag that two people were trying to burn.

What's the history behind the American flag? What do the different colors of the flag represent? Here's what we know about Flag Day.

Lecturing Knight Jeannette Wilkinson, a resident of Eltingville, place the final tier of a floral Liberty Bell during the Flag Day ceremony held at Staten Island Elks Lodge 841 in Greenridge on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Advance/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)

SOLON, Iowa (KCRG) - Two dozen veterans are being honored for Flag Day this weekend in Eastern Iowa. Flag poles are being installed in 24 yards this weekend so those veterans and their loved ones can fly the American Flag every day.

A US Flag Day greeting posted on the Pentagon's official account has caused surprise because of the presence of two elements resembling Russian flags in the graphic. Source: European Pravda Details: The Pentagon's X (Twitter) page posted a Flag Day greeting on Saturday and a call to honour "the emblem of our nation and the stars and stripes that