06/14/2026
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution declaring that βπ΅π©π¦ π§ππ’π¨ π°π§ π΅π©π¦ π΅π©πͺπ³π΅π¦π¦π― ππ―πͺπ΅π¦π₯ ππ΅π’π΅π¦π΄ π΄π©π’ππ π£π¦ π΅π©πͺπ³π΅π¦π¦π― π΄π΅π³πͺπ±π¦π΄, π’ππ΅π¦π³π―π’π΅π¦ π³π¦π₯ π’π―π₯ πΈπ©πͺπ΅π¦, π’π―π₯ π΅π©π¦ πΆπ―πͺπ°π― π£π¦ π΅π©πͺπ³π΅π¦π¦π― π΄π΅π’π³π΄, πΈπ©πͺπ΅π¦ π°π― π’ π£ππΆπ¦ π§πͺπ¦ππ₯, π³π¦π±π³π¦π΄π¦π―π΅πͺπ―π¨ π’ π―π¦πΈ π€π°π―π΄π΅π¦πππ’π΅πͺπ°π―.β
More than a century later, in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day to honor this historic decision.