THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2017
Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2017
- - - - - - By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On Flag Day, we honor the symbol that reminds us that we
are one Nation under God, united in our pursuit of liberty and
justice for all. Today, we celebrate and recognize June 14 as
the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress formally adopted
the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the Republic.
Our flag is a source of inspiration and strength to all
Americans. Wherever Old Glory flies, we remember the six
United States Marines raising the flag atop Mount Suribachi
during the Battle of Iwo Jima, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin planting it on the surface of the moon, and our
firefighters elevating it above Ground Zero following the
terrorist attacks of September 11. At the White House, at our
homes, churches, offices, and schools, in our town squares and
military installations at home and abroad, our flag celebrates
our independence and highlights our resolve to defend and protect
the country and the values that we hold dear.
By honoring our flag, we pay due respect to the patriots
and heroes who have laid down their lives in defense of the
liberty it represents. As we raise the flag, we stand and salute
or place our hands on our hearts, and we recall the fundamental
truths upon which this Nation was founded: that we are all
created equal and that just government derives its power from the
people.
I am blessed to have shared my
Spangled Banner and the U.S. Army for
Flag Day, I am deeply grateful to live
blue, and all for which

birthday with the Star
71 years now. Again, on
under the red, white, and
it stands.

To commemorate the adoption of our flag, in 1949, the
Congress requested the President recognize, by proclamation, that
June 14 is "Flag Day" and requested the American flag be
displayed on all Federal Government buildings. The Congress also
requested, in 1966, that the President annually issue a
proclamation designating the week in which June 14 occurs as

 "National Flag Week" and call upon citizens of the United States
to display the flag during that week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim June 14, 2017, as
Flag Day, and this week 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 also 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 America, to celebrate our
heritage in public gatherings and activities, and to publicly
recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States
of America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.

DONALD J. TRUMP

 

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