{"id":656,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/flag-day\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:42","slug":"flag-day","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/glossary\/flag-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A **flag day** is a date set by law or custom on which the national flag is flown in honour of a national event, person or institution. Flag days are observed by hoisting the flag at full-staff from sunrise to sunset, in addition to its ordinary display. National lists of flag days vary widely: some are tied to historic events, others to royal birthdays or constitutional anniversaries.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: 14 June is observed as Flag Day in the United States, commemorating the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by Congress in 1777.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [sunrise-to-sunset-rule](\/glossary\/sunrise-to-sunset-rule\/), [full-staff](\/glossary\/full-staff\/), [hoisting](\/glossary\/hoisting\/), [vexillology](\/glossary\/vexillology\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-656","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/sl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}