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    flag day
    noun
  • Flag Day
    Flag Day
    noun
    June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.

flag day

1 American  

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters)
  1. tag day.


Flag Day 2 American  

noun

  1. June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.


Flag Day 1 British  

noun

  1. June 14, the annual holiday in the US to celebrate the adoption in 1777 of the Stars and Stripes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

flag day 2 British  

noun

  1. a day on which money is collected by a charity and small flags, emblems, or stickers are given to contributors

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of flag day

First recorded in 1910–15


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It was a red flag day with triple-digit temperatures and a strong, dry wind blowing from the south.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

He skipped an annual ceremony on Sunday in Minsk for Belarus’s flag day, an event at which he usually speaks, leaving his prime minister to read a statement.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

Tuesday is Ukraine’s national flag day and Wednesday — Aug. 24 — is the celebration of independence from control by Moscow that the former Soviet Union republic declared in 1991.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

"It was a red flag day the day of the fire, so there shouldn’t have been any burning."

From Fox News ● Jan. 2, 2022

A worker at Cambridge went to a neighbouring village to arrange a flag day on behalf of our war fund.

From The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire by Arthur Keysall Yapp

“We do Flag Day real big up here,” notes one of many cheerful residents of Three Oaks, Mich., in a literally and figuratively flag-waving documentary about the immensely pleasing nature of small-town pride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

It takes place on the US holiday of Flag Day -- which also happens to Trump's birthday.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

In June, the Trump administration held a military parade in Washington DC to celebrate the US Army's 250th anniversary, which also happened to fall on both Flag Day and Trump's birthday.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

Most U.S. states now hold celebrations honoring Juneteenth as a holiday or a day of recognition, like Flag Day.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

If by “celebrity,” you mean the guy who tosses candy from the back of a red convertible that leads Batavia’s annual Flag Day parade.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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