Flag Day

For other uses, see Flag day (disambiguation).

A flag day is a flag-related holiday, a day designated for flying a certain flag (such as a national flag) or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag.

Stamp celebrating 50th Flag Day of the Faroe Islands

Flag days are usually codified in national statutes passed by legislative bodies or parliaments; however, in some countries a decree or proclamation by the head of state or chief executive can also order a flag day. The statute, or the proclamation or decree, may specify locations where flags are to be flown and how (for example, at full- or half-staff); alternatively, custom may prevail.^{[citation needed]} The flag day is naturally a flag flying day.

Specific flag days

Nations that are not broadly recognized sovereign states are shown in pink. Defunct states are highlighted in light grey.

State	Subdivision	Date	Notes
Abkhazia		July 23	Republic Flag Day^[1]
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of		Asad 7	National Flag’s Day.^[2]^[3] Asad corresponds to July – August.
Albania		November 28	Albanian Independence Day (Flag Day)^[4]
Argentina		June 20	National Flag Day. Anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, who created the current flag^[5]
Armenia		June 15	Commemorates the day the law on the flag was passed, on June 15, 2006^[6]
Australia		September 3	Commemorates the day the flag was first flown, on September 3, 1901^[7]
Azerbaijan		November 9	State Flag Day^[8]
Belarus		Second Sunday of May	Day of the National Emblem and the National Flag^[9] (May 12, 2024. For the next year, the date will be on April 11, 2025)
Bolivia		August 17	Commemorates the creation of the Bolivian flag by law on August 17, 1825^[10]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Republika Srpska	September 15	Day of Serb Unity, Freedom and the National Flag, celebrated with Serbia^[11]
Brazil		November 19	^[12]
Canada		February 15	National Flag of Canada Day^[13]
Canada	Ontario	May 21	^[14]
	Quebec	January 21	^[15]
	Saskatchewan	September 22	^[16]^[17]
	Franco-Ontarian	September 25	Commemorates the first flag-raising at the University of Sudbury on September 25, 1975^[18]
Colombia		August 7	Commemorates the Battle of Boyacá on August 7, 1819 and the creation of the Colombian flag on August 7, 1834^[19]
Denmark		September 5	Commemorates Danish veterans^[20]
Denmark	Faroe Islands	April 25	Commemorates the recognition of the flag by the British government on April 25, 1940^[21]
Ecuador		September 26	Commemorates the adoption of the Ecuadorian flag on September 26, 1860^[22]
Estonia		June 4	^[23]
Ethiopia		First Monday of Tikimt	Ethiopian month of Tikmit corresponds to October 11 – November 9^[24]^[25]
Finland		Midsummer's Day	^[26]
Finland	Åland	Last Sunday of April	April 28, 2024. For the next year, the date will be on April 27, 2025^[27]
Georgia		January 14	Georgian State Flag Day^[28]
Greece		October 27	Day before Ohi Day^[29]
Haiti		May 18	Haitian Flag Day^[30]
Honduras		September 1	June 14 before 1995^[31]
Hungary		March 16	Commemorates the establishment of the Hungarian Home Guard on 16 March 1848^[32]^[33]
India		July 22	National Flag Adoption Day^[34]
		December 7	Armed Forces Flag Day^[35]
India	Jammu and Kashmir (state)	June 7	State Flag Day^[36]
Italy		January 7	Tricolour Day^[37]
Iraq	Kurdistan	December 17	^[38]
Jordan		April 16	Commemorates the first flag-raising on April 16, 1928^[39]
Kyrgyzstan		March 3	National Flag Day of the Kyrgyz Republic^[40]
Liberia		August 24	^[41]
Lithuania		January 1	^[42]
Mexico		February 24	Flag Day in Mexico^[43]
Moldova		April 27	^[44]
Mongolia		July 10	Mongolian State Flag Day^[45]
The Netherlands	Aruba	March 18	National Anthem and Flag Day^[46]
	Bonaire	September 6	^[47]
	Curaçao	July 2	^[48]
	Sint Maarten	June 13	Commemorates the adoption of the flag on June 13, 1985^[49]
New Zealand	Tokelau	October 22	^[50]
North Macedonia		May 15	Unofficial^[51]
Palestine		September 30	Commemorates the first time the flag was flown outside the Headquarters of the United Nations on September 30, 2015^[52]
Panama		November 4	^[53]
Paraguay		August 14	^[54]^[55]
Peru		June 7	Commemorates the Battle of Arica^[56]
Philippines		May 28	Commemorates its first usage after the Battle of Alapan.^[57] Since 1994, the celebratory period is May 28 to June 12^[58]
Poland		May 2	Polish National Flag Day^[59]
Portugal		December 1	^[60]
Romania		June 26	^[61]
Russia		August 22	^[62]
Russia	Donetsk People's Republic	October 25	^[63]
Saudi Arabia		March 11	Saudi Flag Day^[64]
Serbia		September 15	Day of Serb Unity, Freedom and the National Flag, celebrated with Republika Srpska^[11]
Slovenia		April 7	^[65]
Somalia		October 12	Commemorates the adoption of the flag on October 12, 1954^[66]
Spain	Andalusia	December 4	^[67]
Sweden		June 6	Also celebrated as the National Day of Sweden since 1983^[68]^[69]
Tajikistan		November 24	Celebrated since 2009^[70]
Thailand		September 28	Celebrated since 2017^[71]
Turkmenistan		May 18	State Flag and Constitution Day. Flag Day was originally separate from Constitution Day and celebrated on February 19, until the two holidays were combined in 2017^[72]
Ukraine		August 23	Day of the National Flag^[73]
Ukraine	Crimean Tatar	June 26	^[74]
United Arab Emirates		November 3	Flag Day (United Arab Emirates)^[75]
United States		June 14	Flag Day (United States)^[76]
United States	Alaska	July 9	^[77]
	American Samoa	April 17	Commemorates the date American Samoa first flew the US flag^[78]
	Hawaii	July 31	Celebrated since 1990^[79]
	Iowa	March 29	^[80]
	Maryland	March 9	^[81]^[82]
	Oklahoma	November 16	^[83]
	Tennessee	April 17	Commemorates the day of adoption on April 17, 1905^[84]
	Utah	March 9	^[85]
	U.S. Virgin Islands	May 17	Commemorates the adoption of the flag on May 17, 1921^[86]
Uzbekistan		November 18	Commemorates the approval of the flag on November 18, 1991^[87]
Venezuela		August 3	Commemorates the first hoisting of the flag on August 3, 1806^[88]

See also

•  Holidays portal

• Flag flying day
• National Day
• Republic Day
• Independence Day
• Public holiday

Notes

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