flag day
1 Americannoun
noun
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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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June 14, the annual holiday in the US to celebrate the adoption in 1777 of the Stars and Stripes
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a day on which money is collected by a charity and small flags, emblems, or stickers are given to contributors
Etymology
Origin of flag day
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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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
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
It is not known who first gave them the idea of a flag day.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919. by Various
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