flag day

¹ American  

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters)

1. tag day.

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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.

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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

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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

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Etymology

Origin of flag day

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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

Pelle also noted that the day the fire started was a "red flag day," meaning people were not allowed to start fires.

From Fox News • Jan. 2, 2022

If it’s a red flag day with single-digit humidity and howling Santa Ana or Diablo winds, chances are greater that a few sparks can quickly explode into a freeway-hopping conflagration that sets entire communities ablaze.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2020

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 Yapp, Arthur Keysall