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[[File:Usflag.png|thumb|The American flag]]
[[File:Usflag.png|thumb|The American flag]]
'''Flag Day''' is an [[American]] observance celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the [[Flag of the United States of America|Stars and Stripes]] by the [[Second Continental Congress]] in 1777. President [[Harry Truman]] signed an Act of [[Congress]] designating June 14 of each year as National Flag Day in 1949.
'''Flag Day''' is an [[American]] observance celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the [[Flag of the United States of America|Stars and Stripes]] by the [[Second Continental Congress]] in 1777. President [[Harry Truman]] signed an Act of [[Congress]] designating June 14 of each year as National Flag Day in 1949.
It is not, however, an official holiday where government employees are given the day off.
[[Category:Holidays]]
[[Category:Holidays]]
[[Category:United States Holidays]]
[[Category:United States Holidays]]