Flag Day in US is a holiday that has recently come to light and been popularized, but it has been around for many years. Flag Day is believed to have originated in 1885 and was the brainchild of a schoolteacher in Wisconsin. Teacher B.J. Cigrand wanted the students at the school he was teaching at in Wisconsin to celebrate the birthday of the flag on June fourteenth, the day in history it had been officially accepted as the flag of the US. In years after this first flag day in US, Cigrand continued to speak about why he thought there should be a yearly celebration of the flag's birthday and encouraged the practice of flying flags. He would be involved in speeches, magazine articles, and other publications speaking about flag day. This is the early origin of Flag Day in US.

Another teacher, this time in New York and the teacher of kindergarten youngsters, planned ceremonies out for the children in observance of Flag Day in 1889. This teacher, George Balch, developed ceremonies and celebration ideas that would later be adopted by the state board of education of New York. A couple years later in Philadelphia, the Betsy Ross house celebrated Flag Day in its entirety with flag displays and festivities. The next year saw the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution celebrating Flag Day also. Flag Day in the US had truly caught on and was a part of American culture for good.

The movement to celebrate Flag Day was a contagious one. Each successive year saw more states and organizations celebrating with flags, parades, and more on June fourteenth. Soon Flag Day was not just a school-based celebration for children and educators but for everyone. The government began to take measures to have flags displayed on all government buildings and helped organize parades and festivities. Adults began to make speeches about the flag. Years of repeated celebrations led to the official adoption of the holiday in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson. However, it was not until President Truman signed congressional legislation after World War II that the holiday was officially recognized and designated to be on June fourteenth every year.

Flag Day in US is an official holiday. In observance of the holiday, all government offices are closed and there is no mail service. Schools are usually out of session for their summer holiday but those who are not observe the day by being out of school for the day. Libraries sometimes organize Flag Day activities and will have educational programs and materials available to children and adults. Flag Day parades are a common commodity and many communities despite their size continue with this tradition more than a hundred years after the first few Flag Day in US celebrations. And of course, many people will fly a flag by the door of their home or business, or line their streets with decoration. Often there are somber remembrances of the lives that have been lost in honorable service to the US through times of wars past. Despite age or political affiliation, Flag Day in US is a day celebrated countrywide and is a day to reflect on many aspects of what makes Americans free, safe, and American.