Aflag 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.
Flag days are usually codified in national statutes passed by legislative bodiesorparliaments; however, in some countries a decreeorproclamation 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.[2][failed verification] The flag day is naturally a flag flying day.
Nations that are not broadly recognized sovereign states are shown in pink. Defunct states are highlighted in light grey.
State | Subdivision | Date | Notes |
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Abkhazia | July 23 | Republic Flag Day[3] | |
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | Asad7 | National Flag’s Day.[4][5] Asad corresponds to July – August. | |
Albania | November 28 | Albanian Independence Day (Flag Day)[6] | |
Argentina | June 20 | National Flag Day. Anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, who created the current flag[7] | |
Armenia | June 15 | Commemorates the day the law on the flag was passed, on June 15, 2006[8] | |
Australia | September 3 | Commemorates the day the flag was first flown, on September 3, 1901[9] | |
Azerbaijan | November 9 | National Flag Day[10] | |
Bolivia | August 17 | Commemorates the creation of the Bolivian flag by law on August 17, 1825[11] | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Republika Srpska | September 15 | Day of Serb Unity, Freedom and the National Flag, celebrated with Serbia[12] |
Brazil | November 19 | [13] | |
Canada | February 15 | National Flag of Canada Day[14] | |
Canada | Ontario | May 21 | [15] |
Quebec | January 21 | [16] | |
Saskatchewan | September 22 | [17][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 | [32] | |
India | December 7 | Armed Forces Flag Day[33] | |
Italy | January 7 | Tricolour Day[34] | |
Iraq | Kurdistan | December 17 | [35] |
Kyrgyzstan | March 3 | National Flag Day of the Kyrgyz Republic[36] | |
Liberia | August 24 | [37] | |
Lithuania | January 1 | [38] | |
Mexico | February 24 | Flag Day in Mexico[39] | |
Moldova | April 27 | [40] | |
The Netherlands | Aruba | March 18 | National Anthem and Flag Day[41] |
Bonaire | September 6 | [42] | |
Curaçao | July 2 | [43] | |
Sint Maarten | June 13 | Commemorates the adoption of the flag on June 13, 1985[44] | |
New Zealand | Tokelau | October 22 | [45] |
North Macedonia | May 15 | Unofficial[46] | |
Panama | November 4 | [47] | |
Paraguay | August 14 | [48][49] | |
Peru | June 7 | Commemorates the Battle of Arica[50] | |
Philippines | May 28 | Commemorates its first usage after the Battle of Alapan.[51] Since 1994, the celebratory period is May 28 to June 12[52] | |
Poland | May 2 | Polish National Flag Day[53] | |
Portugal | December 1 | [54] | |
Romania | June 26 | [55] | |
Russia | August 22 | [56] | |
Saudi Arabia | March 11 | ||
Serbia | September 15 | Day of Serb Unity, Freedom and the National Flag, celebrated with Republika Srpska[12] | |
Slovenia | April 7 | [58] | |
Somalia | October 12 | Commemorates the adoption of the flag on October 12, 1954[59] | |
Sweden | June 6 | Also celebrated as the National Day of Sweden since 1983[60][61] | |
Tajikistan | November 24 | Celebrated since 2009[62] | |
Thailand | September 28 | Celebrated since 2017[63] | |
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[64] | |
Ukraine | August 23 | Day of the National Flag[65] | |
United Arab Emirates | November 3 | Flag Day (United Arab Emirates)[66] | |
United States | June 14 | Flag Day (United States)[2] | |
United States | Alaska | July 9 | [67] |
American Samoa | April 17 | Commemorates the date American Samoa first flew the US flag[68] | |
Hawaii | July 31 | Celebrated since 1990[69] | |
Maryland | March 9 | [70][71] | |
Utah | March 9 | [72] | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | May 17 | Commemorates the adoption of the flag on May 17, 1921[73] | |
Venezuela | August 3 | Commemorates the first hoisting of the flag on August 3, 1806[74] |
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