Happy Flag Day!

June 14 is Flag Day.

Flag Day is observed each year in the United States on June 14 to celebrate the national flag. The first annual celebration of the U.S. flag is believed to have been introduced by Bernard Cigrand, a Wisconsin schoolteacher in 1885. Flag Day celebrations gained in popularity throughout the late 1880s and the 1890s. In 1889, the New York State Board of Education adopted Flag Day as an annual holiday. In 1891 Flag Day celebrations were held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the former home of Betsy Ross, the reputed designer of the first American flag. In 1894 the governor of New York ordered that the American flag be displayed at all public buildings in the state on June 14. Thereafter, many state and local governments began observing Flag Day. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first nationwide Flag Day in 1916. In 1947 President Harry S. Truman signed legislation requesting that National Flag Day be observed annually. Flag Day is a legal holiday in Pennsylvania only.