Here's what you need to know about Flag Day: Flag Day is on June 14 every year. In 2024, Flag Day is on Friday. On this day 246 years ago, Congress created our national flag by commemorating Betsy ...

Cigrand, now known as the Father of Flag Day, continued to publicly advocate the observance of June 14 as the flag's birthday, or "Flag Day," for years. Just a few years later, the efforts of ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

Chaska VFW Post 1791 will host the flag retirement ceremonies at 6:30 p.m., June 4, according to Ken Neukircher, VFW Post commander. Waconia AMVETS (American Veterans) will do the flag disposal.

Terry Randolph, commander of the International Falls VFW, said the post had always wanted to do something to commemorate flag day, but “nothing seemed appropriate.” “It’s a day that more ...