Flag Day is celebrated every June 14 across the country. Right here in Washington, a state law dictates this flag to fly on the holiday.

What's the history behind the American flag? What do the different colors of the flag represent? Here's what we know about Flag Day.

A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation," according to the Smithsonian.

This Father's Day weekend brings another, more obscure holiday in the U.S.: Flag Day. Here's what the holiday is and how and when it started.

Celebrated each year on June 14, Flag Day commemorates the 1777 approval of a national flag design by the Continental Congress.

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a proclamation the next year that the U.S. flag symbolizes freedom and “protection from tyranny.”

"Let’s honor our nation’s emblem and the stars and stripes that unite us all," the Pentagon’s post on X (formerly Twitter) read. "As we raise our flag and reflect on the values it represents, we celebrate the freedom,

Instead, the closest open metro exit to the National Mall will be at 12th and Independence Avenue, Southwest. Other nearby stations include Foggy Bottom, Farragut West and North, McPherson Square, Metro Center, Federal Triangle and Archives-Navy Memorial stations.

Military leaders, veterans, and civic voices gather at Mount Vernon to mark Army’s 250th and launch a campaign urging Americans to serve their country.

President Woodrow Wilson and President Calvin Coolidge each issued presidential proclamations asking for June 14 to be observed as Flag Day, according to the VA. On Aug. 3, 1949, Congress approved the national observance of Flag Day, and President Harry Truman signed it into law.

Members of the Galvez Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Attakapas Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution honored seven debutantes on Saturday at the 65th George Washington Ball.

While "No Kings Day" protests are planned across the U.S. Saturday to counter President Trump's military parade in Washington D.C., some more traditional Flag Day events will be held in Orange County.