U.S.C. Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, ANDÂ ORGANIZATIONS 36 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, ANDÂ ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle I - Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies Part A - Observances and Ceremonies CHAPTER 1 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES Sec. 110 - Flag Day From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§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.)
Historical and Revision Notes Revised SectionSource (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).