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OVERVIEW OF FLAG DAY
There are two recognized definitions of the term, Flag Day. The first definition is used to designate a day to fly a flag of a certain area, mostly that of nations. The second term is that a day is set aside to honour an event specifically involving a national flag (eg. creation/adoption).
Flag days are usually codified in national statutes, however, a decree by a head of state of the specific country can also order flag days. The display of the national flag on this day, mainly to fix it at either full or half staff. The locations of where the flags are flown (and how are they flown) can be also dictated by national law or decree.
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.
In 1916, Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.
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.
HISTORY OF FLAG DAY
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 Fredonia, 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 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.
FLAG DAY TRIVIA
In some countries, Flag Days are special holidays on which the national flag must be flown from public buildings as required by law
Different countries have a different day called Flag Day to honour their flags:
* Flag Day in Canada: February 15
* Flag Day in Mexico: February 24
* Flag Day in Aruba: March 18
* Flag Day in the Faroe Islands: April 25
* Flag Day in Poland: May 2
* Flag Day in Paraguay: May 14 (one day before Independence Day)
* Flag Day in Sweden: June 6
* Flag Day in the United States: June 14
* Flag Day in Denmark: June 15
* Flag Day in Argentina: June 20 (a national holiday since 1938)
* Flag Day in Romania: June 26
* Flag and Hymn Day in Curacao: July 2
* Hawaiian Flag Day: July 31 (known locally as La Hae Hawai'i)
Source: The English Wikipedia
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