June 14th. • National Flag Day

Flag Day commemorates the origins of the United States' flag in 1777 — but that's not when the holiday began. Nearly 250 years ago, on June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag.

National recognition of Flag Day came even later, with President Woodrow Wilson issuing the first presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day in 1916. The holiday wasn't signed into law until 1949, when Congress approved legislation designating June 14 of each year as Flag Day