Flag Day is celebrated every June 14 across the country. Right here in Washington, a state law dictates this flag to fly on the holiday.

Since President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 Flag Day in May 1916, the United States has honored the adoption of the stars and stripes in a number of ways, including carrying the flag in parades, displaying it outside homes and holding other patriotic events. Before 1916, a number of states and cities had started to observe the day.

Celebrated each year on June 14, Flag Day commemorates the 1777 approval of a national flag design by the Continental Congress.