Flag Day

Riley Avenue Elementary School celebrated “Old Glory” with the school’s annual Flag Day ceremony and concert on June 15.

Riverhead Elks honored winners of its annual Flag Day Essay Contest during Flag Day ceremonies at the lodge Sunday afternoon.

Pulaski Street Intermediate School students celebrated the 248th birthday of the American flag Friday morning with the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Riverhead Polish Hall invites the community to celebrate the Stars and Stripes on the 250th birthday of the United States Army Saturday, June 14.

Pulaski Street School celebrated the 247th anniversary of the Continental Congress adopting the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777.

Today is the 246th anniversary of the Continental Congress adopting the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States of America on June 14, 1777. Pulaski Street School celebrated the flag yesterday. Photos.

Pulaski Street School celebrated Old Glory this morning with an annual Flag Day ceremony hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Photos.

Each year on Flag Day, the Suffolk Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, conducts ceremonies at Pulaski Street Elementary School to celebrate the flag. This year's celebration of the flag's 243rd birthday could not take place at the school, but DAR Suffolk Chapter Regent Ann Otten wrote this reflection on the cloth Americans revere as a symbol of liberty and justice.

Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented a program at Pulaski Street School about the history of the United States flag, which celebrates its 242nd birthday today.

Freedom, justice, strength and courage: kids in grades 1 through 5 explain the meaning of Old Glory.