Fox Valley Patriotic Organization

Flag day is celebrated every year on june 14th in parades and festivals to honor the american flag. In 1885, dr. bernard cigrand, a dentist from batavia, Illinois, held what's believed to be the first recognized flag day, which began a lifelong quest to establish a formal holiday. Woodrow wilson issued a presidential proclamation calling for a june 14 commemoration in 1916, but it wasn't until 1949, 16 years after the death of the cigrand, the "father of flag day," that congress passed legislation as a national holiday. It is not, however, a federal holiday. We are building a monument that is befitting the stars and stripes, and celebrates the country that it has presided over since 1777.