Eighteen flags have billowed over the neat rows of plane trees in San Francisco’s Civic Center ... 18 raised by the city on June 14 — Flag Day — in 1964, each commemorating “a key moment ...
Cigrand, now known as the Father of Flag Day, continued to publicly advocate the observance of June 14 as the flag's birthday, or "Flag Day," for years. Just a few years later, the efforts of ...