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 June 14, 1777 , by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States.

( Pub. L. 105–225 , Aug. 12, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1256 .)