Flag Day

Chaplain (Capt.) John Weeks, a 19th Airlift Wing chaplain and Team Little Rock members pray during the base’s National Flag Day ceremony June 14, 2013, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. On National Flag Day in some states, different organizations hold parades to celebrate the Nations Flag. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rusty Frank)

Flag Day

Airman 1st Class Ashley Grainger, a 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron logistics planner, and other members from the First Term Airman Center plant flags during flag day setup June 13, 2013, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. June 14 was declared National Flag Day by Congress in August of 1949. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rusty Frank)

Flag Day

American Flags are displayed during the National Flag Day ceremony June 13, 2013, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. June 14, 1777, was the day that was first established as Flag Day with adoption of the American Flag by the Second Continental Congress. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rusty Frank)

Flag Day

Photo Essay: Celebrating Flag Day

Published July 3, 2013