Flag Day in 2026 falls on Sunday, June 14. The observance lands on the same date each year, so the calendar answer is fixed even as the day of the week changes.
The date reaches back to June 14, 1777, when the Second Continental Congress adopted the resolution that set the flag’s design: “That the flag of the United States shall be of thirteen stripes of alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white in a blue field, representing the new constellation.” June 14 later became the day chosen to celebrate the flag itself.
The first national observance came on June 14, 1877, and one of the best-known early celebrations followed on June 14, 1889, when George Bolch’s school held patriotic ceremonies in New York City. Congress later approved the national observance on Aug. 3, 1949, and President Harry Truman signed it into law.
Flag Day is observed nationally, but it isn’t a federal holiday. That leaves it in a familiar middle ground: widely recognized across the country, yet not a day when the federal calendar changes in the way it does for official holidays. The flag’s meaning is part of the observance, too. Its 13 red and white stripes stand for the 13 original colonies, and its 50 white stars on a blue background represent the 50 states.
The flag itself was last modified on July 4, 1960, when Hawaii became a state, and Congress created the U.S. Flag Code in 1942. For anyone marking the day in 2026, the answer is straightforward: Flag Day falls on Sunday, June 14, and it will return on June 14 again the following year.
