Happy Flag Day: Quotes, Wishes, Messages, Images, Date, and More

Introduction of Flag Day

It's no coincidence that there are more American flags flying today than usual: June 14 is Flag Day, the annual commemoration of the adoption of the American flag and the birthday of the United States Army. President Joe Biden proclaimed on Friday calling for the day's commemoration.

"Let our flag serve as a reminder to us, and to the world, that America stands for and strives for the promise of freedom, justice, and equality for all as we continue the sacred work of building an ideal Union together," Biden said.

All federal government buildings will display the flag this week, but what does this date mean to you?

Flag Day, also known as National Flag Day in the United States, is a celebration of the country's flag on June 14. The holiday commemorated 1777 when the United States of America approved the design for its first national flag. The idea for setting aside an afternoon to honour the national flag came from a variety of places. In 1885, Wisconsin schoolteacher Bernard J. Cigrand urged his college students to observe June 14 as "Flag Birthday." Later, he penned an essay published in a Chicago newspaper, urging Americans to declare this date as a day to celebrate the flag.

William T. Kerr of Pennsylvania founded the American Flag Day Association of Western Pennsylvania in 1888, dedicating his life to the organization. George Morris of Connecticut, who is said to have hosted the first formal birthday party of the day in Hartford in 1861, is a lesser-known claim. From dawn to sunset, this is the traditional name for flying the flag in public. However, if the flag is illuminated throughout the night, it can be displayed at all times.

New Year's Day, Inauguration Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Armed Forces Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Patriot Day, Constitution Day, Columbus Day, Navy Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day are all occasions when the flag is flown to show patriotism. On Memorial Day, the flag must be passed by half of the workforce until noon.

The flag is also traditionally flown at half-staff to honour a recently deceased federal or kingdom official, as authorized by the president or governor, respectively. On or near the main building of public institutions, faculties during faculty days, and polling places on election days, the flag must be displayed. According to USA.gov, it must be hoisted quickly and lowered ceremoniously. When displaying the flag from a group of workers from your private home or porch, position the union (blue section) at the height of the group. When displaying the flag against a wall or over a window, it must be said flatly with the union on the pinnacle left corner.

Clamp the group of workers to the proper front fender when setting it up for your vehicle. Place the United States flag on the left when displaying any other flag against a wall from crossed staff. Its workers must also be in front of the workers of the opposing flag. The United States flag must be in the middle and best point of a collection of flags displayed by the staff.

The flag should not be flown in inclement weather until it has been upgraded to an all-weather flag. Banners that are displayed at night must be well lit.

Flag Day 2023 Date

• When is Flag Day 2023?

Flag Day for the year 2023 is celebrated/observed on Wednesday, 14 June.

• Flag Day dates for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027

Flag Day Quotes

• When we honor our flag, we honor what we stand for as a Nation -- freedom, equality, justice, and hope. - Ronald Reagan.
• The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history. - Mike Fitzpatrick.
• This flag which we honor and under which we serve is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. - Woodrow Wilson.
• Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity. - Adrian Cronauer.
• God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her through the night with a light from above. – Irving Berlin
• Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. - Francis Scott Key, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’
• It is the flag just as much of the man who was naturalized yesterday as of the men whose people have been here many generations. - Henry Cabot Lodge.
• This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. - Elmer Davis.
• The red and white and starry blue - is freedom's shield and hope. - John Philip Sousa
• To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag. - Pauline Hanson.
• We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home… but when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.- Calvin Coolidge
• You're the emblem of The land I love. The home of the free and the brave.- George M. Cohan
• I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.- Franklin Knight Lane
• A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation’s flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself. - Henry Ward Beecher.
• Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – Adlai Stevenson
• Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.- FS Key
• Imagine what our country could accomplish if we started working together as one people under one God saluting one American flag. – Donald Trump
• Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.- Mark Twain.
• I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself, the pictured suggestion of that big thing which makes this nation.- Franklin Knight Lane
• If you want a symbolic gesture, don’t burn the flag; wash it. - Norman Thomas.
• And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. – John F. Kennedy
• Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. - Adlai Stevenson.
• A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag. - Margaret Thatcher.
• We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. - Calvin Coolidge.
• A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation’s flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself. – Henry Ward Beecher
• Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as you stand by it. – Abraham Lincoln
• A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers, The banner of the Western land. The emblem of the brave and true.- John Philip Sousa
• Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. - James Bryce.
• Ev’ry heart beats true ‘neath the Red, White and Blue. – George M. Cohan
• I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it’s marked by the blood of those who died defending it. - John Thune.
• The red and white and starry blue – is freedom’s shield and hope. – John Philip Sousa
• In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it. – Barack Obama
• To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag. – Pauline Hanson
• Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. - Arundhati Roy.
• I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.- John Thune
• A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth. - Henry Ward Beecher.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag. – Adrian Cronauer
• Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness… Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.- Henry Ward Beecher
• This flag which we honor and under which we serve is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. – Woodrow Wilson
• You’re the emblem of The land I love. The home of the free and the brave. – George M. Cohan
• When we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights, we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. - Calvin Coolidge.
• Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? – John Wayne
• Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it. - Woodrow Wilson.
• Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done. - Calvin Coolidge.
• And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.- John F. Kennedy
• The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history.- Woodrow Wilson
• We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty. – George Washington
• He flew a flag out in our yard. Until the day that he died. - Toby Keith.
• This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis
• The American flag is the most recognised symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. – Virginia Foxx
• The whole inspiration of our life as a nation flows out from the waving folds of this banner.- Author Unknown
• The red, white and starry blue is freedom’s shield and hope. – John Philip Sousa
• This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. – Theodore Roosevelt
• You’re the emblem of the land I love, the home of the free and the brave. - George M. Cohan, ‘You’re A Grand Old Flag.’
• It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. - Aristotle.
• We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty.- George Washington, attributed
• The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history. – Woodrow Wilson
• A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag. – Margaret Thatcher
• Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity. – Adrian Cronauer
• We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty. - George Washington.

Flag Day Wishes

• Flag Day is the reminder that we all are Americans….. We all must be very proud of our country, of our culture, of our flag which fills our hearts with pride….. Happy Flag Day to you my friend.
• We are born in United States of America and we are one…. Our flag is the strongest representation of our strength and we would go farthest to fight for it…. Happy Flag Day to you.
• A flag is the identity of the country and also of the countrymen. Wishing a very Happy Flag Day to everyone.
• Happy Flag Day to each and every American…. It is a proud day for us and we must celebrate it with zeal!!!
• On the occasion of Flag Day, let us celebrate the beautiful colors of our flag with patriotism and high spirits. Warm wishes on this day to all.
• A flag for a nation connects its countrymen with its country. Wishing a very Happy Flag Day to you.
• American Flag unites every man and woman, it is the strongest symbol of democracy and freedom…. Happy Flag Day.

Flag Day Messages

• Our flag is the representative of our freedom….. it is an expression of the unity of all the men and women….. Let us recall and celebrate the efforts made by our countrymen is making our country proud…. Happy Flag Day to you all!!!
• Today is a very proud day for every American….. It is the celebration day to recall the day when our flag was adopted, to take an oath that we will always do the needful to protect its honor….. Warm wishes on Flag Day to you.
• American Flag represents each and every one of us….. It is the most sacred thing for every American…. Happy Flag Day!!!
• When you hoist your country’s flag, you always find yourself infused with such high spirits. Happy Flag Day.
• It is not just a flag, it is the symbol of our national pride, our glorious history and our freedom… Happy Flag Day to all.
• There is something magical about the flag of a country. It has the power to bring out your patriotism. Wishing a very Happy Flag Day to you.
• All the strength to the soldiers comes from the flag…. Let us take inspiration from our flag to be more patriotic…. Happy Flag Day.
• Always be proud of the flag of our country as many people sacrificed their lives for its honor, each and every battle fought by American was led by this flag and it is the strength of our nation…. Sending best wishes on Flag Day to you.
• We all are united with one land, one country and one flag…. No matter how different we are but our flag binds us into one strong force…. Let us promise to always fight for the honor of our flag…. Happy Flag Day!!!
• Whenever I see our flag swing high in the sky, I feel proud to be an American….. We have always put our country and its honor first and our flag is the representation of it…. Sending warm wishes to you on Flag Day.
• When the flag rises up in the sky, it fills our hearts with great pride and patriotism. Warm wishes on the occasion of Flag Day.
• We have given all our heart, all our soul and all our love to our country….. We are a nation bonded with one land and one flag….. Let us promise to always respect our flag and live for it…. Happy Flag Day to you.

Flag Day Slogans

• Never forget to salute your country’s flag.
• Always take pride in standing in the honour of your flag.
• Salute to your country’s flag as it reflects many sacrifices that have been made
• Flag of a country is always a pride for the countrymen.
• We all want the flag of our country to rise high in sky.
• There is something inspirational about a country’s flag.

History of Flag Day

Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 every year to commemorate the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. On June 14, 1777, it was implemented with the help of the Second Continental Congress.

According to HISTORY.com, the first "American" flag was created in 1775, when the Continental Army was formed to fight the British throughout the American Revolution. It had pink and white alternating stripes, as well as a Union Jack in the corner. Not wanting the new nation's flag to resemble the British one, George Washington demanded that a new symbol be introduced.

"The flag of the 13 United States will be 13 stripes, alternate pink and white; that the Union will be 13 stars, white on a blue field, representing a brand new constellation," the Second Continental Congress decided.

As more states joined the union, more stars were added. According to the Library of Congress, there were a total of 27 legitimate flag variations. Pink represents velour and bravery, blue represents vigilance, perseverance, and justice, and white represents purity and innocence on the flag. Even though the flag was unveiled 244 years ago, it was not commemorated until the one-hundredth anniversary of its unveiling on June 14, 1877.

President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation designating June 14 as Flag Day in 1916, but it wasn't until August 1949 that President Harry Truman signed a law making it an annual observance.

Significance of Flag Day

Flag Day has been discovered to serve three simple purposes:

• War casualty's rehabilitation
• The well-being of serving employees and their families is a priority; veterans and their families' resettlement and well-being.
• The commemoration of Armed Forces Flag Day and the raising of funds through the distribution of flags. It is a time for Indians to express their gratitude and appreciation to the country's current and veteran navy personnel, as well as notable individuals who have died in service to the country.

On Flag Day, all three branches of the Indian armed forces, the Indian Army, Indian Air Force, and Indian Navy, put on various shows, carnivals, dramas, and other activities to demonstrate their employees' efforts to the general public to ensure national security. Small flags and vehicle flags in red, deep blue, and mild blue represent the three services in exchange for donations are distributed across the country.

When is Flag Day Celebrated?

Flag Day, also known as National Flag Day, is a celebration of the country's flag on June 14 in the United States.

Ways of Celebrating Flag Day

Today, Flag Day is celebrated with parades, essay contests, ceremonies, and picnics, all of which are supported by veterans' organizations, schools, and organizations such as the National Flag Day Foundation, whose goal is to preserve the nation's symbol, Old Glory's traditions, history, pride, and admiration.

Obtain a flag that satisfies the requirements outlined in the Flag Code. Purchase a banner with all 50 stars and thirteen crimson and white stripes that alternate. The flag cannot be misshapen, damaged, or discoloured in any way. It could, however, be any length goodbye because it's miles square and instantly recognizable as the flag.

Choose a prominent location to fly your flag so that it can be seen from miles away. Cling your flag outside to commemorate Flag Day so that others can see it. If you have a free-status flag pole, place it in your front yard or close to your driveway so that it is easily visible to people on foot or using with the aid of using. Hang the flag on a vertical pole or a group of workers' shoulders far away from your house. [

Reduce the size of any other flags in your county, state, or city so that the American flag can take its place. There should be no other flag flying higher than the American flag, particularly on Flag Day. If you're hoisting the flag alongside the flag of another country, position them so that they're both equally high in the air and place the American flag to the right.

Raise the flag for the duration of the sunrise and lower it for the period of the sunset. Enhance the flag on Flag Day because the sun is rising, and reduce it as the sunsets. Remove the darkness from the flag by placing a floodlight beneath it if you want to display it at night. The flag should never be obscured by shadows or shade, and it should always be visible.

Some Interesting Facts about Flag Day

• June 14 is widely recognized as Flag Day. It commemorates the adoption of the American flag in 1777, thanks to a decision made by the Second Continental Congress.
• Until 1818, every new state received a brand new stripe as well. The well-known Star-Spangled Banner, which served as the inspiration for our national anthem, featured 15 stars and 15 lines.
• The primary flag was no longer made with the aid of Betsy Ross. We know that Ross became a seamstress and may have stitched American flags; she didn't design the first one.
• Instead of being written for Flag Day, the Pledge of Allegiance became written for Columbus Day.
• Bernard J. Cigrand, a high school teacher at Stony Hill School in Waubeka, Wisconsin, became the pioneer of Flag Day.