Private First Class Virgil Bryan Williams
United States Army, World War II
Company E, 416TH Infantry Regiment, 104 Infantry Division

July 9, 2022 - Our flags were scheduled to be raised today at sunset. However another Presidential Proclamation has been issued extending that until sunset tomorrow, Sunday, July 10 in honor of Japan's former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo who was assassinated on July 8, 2022.

See the proclamation here

William Carlton Rogers
Boatswain Mate Second Class, US Navy
World War I, USS Besoeki

June 14, 2022 - In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on June 14, 1777. The United States Army also celebrates their birthday on this date.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day. In August 1946, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress but is not an official federal holiday.

Corporal Robert Lee Whiteside
United States Army, Spanish American War
Company F, 8 Battery Field Artillery