It took decades but ultimately Cigrand, who died in 1932, saw his cause take steps toward fruition. In 1916, President ...

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 ...

Flag Day holds a special place in the hearts of Americans, yet it lacks the status of a federal holiday that would mandate ...

President Woodrow Wilson borrowed the idea of Flag Day from a small-town Wisconsin school teacher.In 1885, Bernard Cigrand ...

Flag Day is this weekend The holiday commemorates the making of the first American Flag In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ...

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

Flags were ordered to be flown at half-staff in Arizona on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Here's why, plus the difference between half staff and half mast.

Every June 14th, the United States commemorates Flag Day, a civic occasion honoring the adoption of the nation's most iconic ...

While not a federal holiday, Flag Day 2025 falls on a Saturday. The holiday's origins trace back to 1885 with a Wisconsin schoolteacher's classroom assignment about the flag's significance.

Flag Day officially became a holiday in 1916, after years of advocacy. It was dreamed up in Wisconsin. "(In 1885) Bernard J. Cigrand, an 18-year-old Waubeka (Wisconsin) native teaching at Stony ...

While not a federal holiday, Flag Day 2025 falls on a Saturday. The holiday's origins trace back to 1885 with a Wisconsin schoolteacher's efforts, later formalized by President Wilson in 1916 and ...