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.

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

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.

Community members in Saginaw spent the morning honoring Flag Day and the 250th birthday of the U.S Army on Saturday by waving flags over Interstate 5.

The city of Batavia welcomed hundreds of locals as well as those from surrounding areas to its annual Flag Day celebration Saturday that included a few new attractions.