US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

36 U.S.C. § 110

Flag Day

(a)

Designation .—

June 14 is Flag Day.
(b)

Proclamation .—

The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—
(1)
calling on United States Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Flag Day; and
(2)
urging the people of the United States to observe Flag Day as the anniversary of the adoption on , by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States.

Pub. L. 105–225112 Stat. 1256(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

110(a)

36:157 (words before 1st comma).

Aug. 3, 1949, ch. 385, 63 Stat. 492.

110(b)

36:157 (words after 1st comma).