FLAG DAY
Sun, Jun 14
|Peterson Pavilion & Grounds
Flag Day is Sunday, June 14, 2026. What is Flag Day all about? Who really designed the first flag, and what do the red, white, and blue colors symbolize? What is Flag Day?
Time & Location
Jun 14, 2026, 12:10 AM – 11:50 PM
Peterson Pavilion & Grounds, 25 Sportsman Lane, E Falmouth, MA 02536, USA
About the Event
from: https://www.almanac.com/content/flag-day-celebration-american-flag
What we know fondly as the “Stars and Stripes” was adopted by the Continental Congress as the official American flag on June 14, 1777, during the Revolutionary War. Colonial troops fought under many different flags with various symbols—rattlesnakes, pine trees, and eagles—and slogans—”Don’t Tread on Me,” “Liberty or Death,” and “Conquer or Die,” to name a few. The Declaration of Independence made the adoption of an American flag necessary. Previously, each colony or special interest had its own flag.
On that 14th of June, Congress made the Flag Resolution of 1777, stating: “The flag of the United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white on a blue field …” The official announcement of the new flag was not made until Sept. 3, 1777.
”Flag Day” has been celebrated as a patriotic occasion for many decades, but President Woodrow Wilson made the observance official…