Malden to celebrate Flag Day 2024

Special to The Advocate

The City of Malden will celebrate Flag Day on Friday, June 14, at 5 p.m. at Bell Rock Memorial Park on Main Street. The annual event is being coordinated by Ward 1 Councillor Peg Crowe and Ward 1 School Committee Member Michael Drummey. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be canceled.

Flag Day commemorates the June 14, 1777, adoption of the United States Flag by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially established June 14 as Flag Day, and on August 3, 1949, President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating every June 14 as National Flag Day.