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In the United States, Flag Day (more formally, National Flag Day) is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111111. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Union Jack. ... POOP HS;JHGF;JADHGJHASGHASJHGJSAHGJWJITHADHSGJHDASJLGFNKRA The Continental Congress was the first national government of the United States. ... Year 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...

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Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, though on June 14, 1937 Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday. In the United States, a Federal holiday is a holiday recognized by the United States Government. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the... A state holiday in the United States is one that is celebrated only within a U.S. state, and recognized by the state government, rather than celebrated nationally, and recognized by the U.S. federal government. ...

Title 36 Sec. 110 of the US Code is the official statute on Flag Day, however it is at the President's discretion to proclaim officially the observance.

The largest Flag Day parade is held annually in Troy, New York. [1] Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ...

Framingham, Massachusetts also holds a yearly Flag Day parade, as do many other towns and cities, although in recent years a shrinking turnout has prompted the town to consider eliminating the event. Framingham is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA and the only such named town in the United States. ...

Competing claims

Several men are claimed to have played early instrumental roles in the establishment of a National Flag Day.

• Perhaps the most fervent claim dates to 1885, when a schoolteacher, Bernard J. Cigrand, reportedly urged the students at the public school in Waubeka, Wisconsin to observe June 14 as "Flag Birthday." He moved to Chicago to attend dental school, and in June 1886 wrote an article titled “The Fourteenth of June” which was published in the Chicago Argus newspaper. He continued to promote the idea, and by June 1894, 300,000 children gathered in parks throughout Chicago to celebrate the day.

• Another claim is made on behalf of William T. Kerr, a resident of Collier Township, Pennsylvania for a number of years, who founded the American Flag Day Association of Western Pennsylvania in 1888, became that organization's national chairman one year later, and served as such for fifty years. He attended President Harry S. Truman's 1949 signing of the Act of Congress which formally established the holiday.

• An older and less cited claim is in Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, published by Standard Publishing Company (Chicago) in 1912. It credits George Morris of Hartford, Connecticut:

To George Morris of Hartford, Conn., is popularly given the credit of suggesting "Flag Day," the occasion being in honor of the adoption of the American flag on June 14, 1777. The city of Hartford observed the day in 1861, carrying out a program of a patriotic order, praying for the success of the Federal arms and the preservation of the Union.

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How to observe Flag Day

The week of June 14 is designated as "National Flag Week." During National Flag Week, the president will issue a proclamation urging U.S. citizens to fly the American flag for the duration of that week. The flag should also be displayed on all Government buildings. Some organizations hold parades and events in celebration of America's national flag and everything it represents. It’s also a time to remember and honor military men and women who defend America.

The National Flag Day Foundation holds an annual observance for Flag Day on the second Sunday in June. The program includes a ceremonial raising of the flag, recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, singing of the National Anthem (The Star-spangled Banner), a parade and more. The ceremony will take place on June 10, 2007, in Waubeka, WI, the birthplace of Flag Day (according to Cigrand). The Pledge of Allegiance is a promise or oath of allegiance to the United States as represented by its national flag. ... The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the U.S.A., with lyrics written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. ...

Contact a local veteran’s organization or your city council to see if any Flag Day events are taking place in your area.

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Popular references

• On the television show The Simpsons, Mr. Burns opens a fortune cookie which proclaims, "You will find true love on Flag Day."
• Coincidentally, Myles Hill, the son of Betsy Ross, and Emily Weishaupt, Myles' dauschand, were both born on June 14.

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External links and sources

• National Flag Day Foundation's case on behalf of Cigrand
• G. W. Bush's 2001 Proclamation on Cigrand's behalf
• Flag Day revived after 4-year lapse, about Kerr
• Draft of a 2002 House Resolution by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, in support of Kerr
• 1912 Flag Day entry from Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, citing Morris
• Flag Day article from a General Services Administration website, mentioning Hartford (but not Morris)
• History of Flag Day from USFlag.org
• History & Observance of Flag Day from United-States-Flag.com