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Why Flag Day 2025: Massive D.C. military parade, hundreds of ‘No Kings’ protests — and Trump’s 79th birthday
Flag Day 2025 is expected to be observed with a massive military parade in Washington, D.C. — and hundreds of "No Kings" ...
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...
WATCH: Thousands attend Army 250th birthday parade in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON (7News) — A military parade celebrated the Army's 250th in Washington D.C., with thousands of people in attendance ...
Flags are at full-staff for Flag Day. Here's what to know
Flags in Arizona and across the United States were to fly full-staff on June 14 in honor of Flag Day. Flag Day was started in 1885 by a Wisconsin teacher to honor the flag on the anniversary of the ...
Campaign launching on Flag Day aims to inspire 250,000 acts of service nationwide
Military leaders, veterans, and civic voices gather at Mount Vernon to mark Army’s 250th and launch a campaign urging ...
A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation ...
Juneteenth is this week. What to know about the federal holiday. What does the flag mean?
Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery. See what President Trump said about it and what the holiday's flag means.
History of Juneteenth, where to celebrate across the DMV
June 19, aka Juneteenth, honors the end of slavery in the United States, and is known as the country's second Independence ...