Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 86, No. 114 

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10227 of June 11, 2021 

Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2021 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

In the midst of a revolution, less than a year after declaring our independence, 

the Congress consecrated what would become an enduring emblem of American unity by adopting a national flag on June 14, 1777. 

In the 244 years since, the United States has grown and changed across 

the generations—and our flag has changed in turn. The blue field of stars 

has been enlarged as our Union has gained in size and strength. The 13 

stripes, symbolizing the 13 original States, have held as constant as the 

bedrock values upon which our Nation was first conceived—the very same 

values we still cherish, and still reach for, today. 

Since adoption of the Stars and Stripes, Americans—and people around 

the world—have continuously looked to our flag as a symbol of unity and 

liberty. Our flag has sailed around the globe, and journeyed to the Moon 

and, now, to Mars. It has flown on fields of battle, and marks the resting 

places of those who have given what President Lincoln called ‘‘the last 

full measure of devotion’’ for our country. Its prominence at civic landmarks 

and seats of public authority communicates the promise of democracy— 

that under this flag, the rule of law is supreme and the people reign. 

As we continue the sacred work of building a more perfect Union together, 

let our flag serve as a reminder to us, and to the world, that America 

stands for and strives for the promise of freedom, justice, and equality 

for all. 

To commemorate the adoption of our flag, the Congress, by joint resolution 

approved August 3, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 492), designated June 14 

of each year as ‘‘Flag Day’’ and requested that the President issue an annual 

proclamation calling for its observance and for the display of the flag of 

the United States on all Federal Government buildings. The Congress also 

requested, by joint resolution approved June 9, 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 

194), that the President issue annually a proclamation designating the week 

in which June 14 occurs as ‘‘National Flag Week’’ and calling upon all 

citizens of the United States to display the flag during that week. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2021, as Flag Day, and the week 

starting June 13, 2021, as National Flag Week. I direct the appropriate 

officials to display the flag on all Federal Government buildings during 

this week, and I urge all Americans to observe Flag Day and National 

Flag Week by displaying the flag. I encourage the people of the United 

States to observe with pride and all due ceremony those days from Flag 

Day through Independence Day, set aside by the Congress (89 Stat. 211), 

as a time to honor the American spirit, to celebrate our history and the 

foundational values we strive to uphold, and to publicly recite the Pledge 

of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America. 


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31904 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Presidential Documents 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day 

of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortyfifth. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12842 

Filed 6–15–21; 8:45 am] 

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