Free Printable Flag Day Word Search

A June 14 puzzle on the parts of the flag and its care, printed with its answer key.

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Flag Day Word Search

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NHMTCVAJNFOLDAY

JRIOSAOSTRIPESE

SLHAUONBBRYOSIR

GROUNDULXGPLHIE

WENZRSRJPRBESGN

JDAUIIVORFLBTRM

EISASHNCCEUWAVE

STATESALUTEHRPZ

XIHHTTOSAAOASGJ

FFOLAIUAHKNSLTH

LSJSLOZWJPLEDGE

SUNSETRIANGLEQP

NOLTRPDFDECLSCR

EEDOTESNOUWJUNE

ABNGETYAJRWHITE

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StarsSTARS
StripesSTRIPES
RedRED
WhiteWHITE
BlueBLUE
PolePOLE
StatesSTATES
SunriseSUNRISE
SunsetSUNSET
GroundGROUND
FoldFOLD
TriangleTRIANGLE
SaluteSALUTE
JuneJUNE
PledgePLEDGE
WaveWAVE

16 of 24 words from the Flag Day Favorites list.

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Answer key: Flag Day Word Search

NHMTCVAJNFOLDAY

JRIOSAOSTRIPESE

SLHAUONBBRYOSIR

GROUNDULXGPLHIE

WENZRSRJPRBESGN

JDAUIIVORFLBTRM

EISASHNCCEUWAVE

STATESALUTEHRPZ

XIHHTTOSAAOASGJ

FFOLAIUAHKNSLTH

LSJSLOZWJPLEDGE

SUNSETRIANGLEQP

NOLTRPDFDECLSCR

EEDOTESNOUWJUNE

ABNGETYAJRWHITE

STARS, STRIPES, RED, WHITE, BLUE, POLE, STATES, SUNRISE, SUNSET, GROUND, FOLD, TRIANGLE, SALUTE, JUNE, PLEDGE, WAVE

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Parts of the Flag 27

Banner Another word for a flag.
Blue The color behind the stars.
Canton The upper corner next to the pole. On this flag it is blue and holds the stars.
Cloth What a flag is made of. Printing a whole flag on one piece was new in 1861.
Colonies The thirteen that won independence. The stripes stand for them.
Colors Red, white and blue together. Soldiers also use the word for the flag itself.
Corner Where two edges meet. The stars sit in the upper one by the pole.
Field The background of a flag. The law says the stars are white in a blue one.
Fifty How many stars are on the flag adopted in 1960.
Finial The cap on top of a flagpole, often a ball, sometimes a spear or an eagle.
Flag A piece of cloth with a design that stands for a country or a group.
Fly The edge of a flag farthest from the pole.
Halyard The rope that runs a flag up and down.
Hoist The edge of a flag nearest the pole. As a verb it means to run a flag up.

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Parts of the Flag, continued

Peak The top place on a rope of flags. The national flag takes it.
Points The tips of a star. Each one on the flag has five.
Pole The tall post a flag is flown from.
Red The color of seven of the thirteen bands, the top and the bottom ones among them.
Rows The stars sit in nine of these lines: six stars, then five, then six again.
Staff Another word for the post a flag is flown from.
Stars Fifty white ones with five points each, one for every state.
States The stars stand for them, one each.
Stripes Thirteen bands across the flag, for the colonies that won independence.
Symbol Something that stands for an idea, as this flag stands for the country.
Thirteen The number of stripes, and of stars on the flag of 1777.
Union The law has this name for the blue corner with its stars.
White The color of the stars and of six of the thirteen bands.

Caring for the Flag 27

Aloft Up in the air. The flag is carried this way and free, never flat.
Attention The way to face the flag: upright and still.
Briskly Quickly and with energy: how the flag should go up.
Code A set of rules. The one for the flag was drawn up on Flag Day in 1923 and became law in 1942.
Custom A usual way of doing things. The Flag Code is a set of them, with no fines.
Daily Every day. Public buildings are asked to fly the flag this often.
Display To put out for all to see.
Distress Great danger. A flag flown upside down is a signal of it and nothing else.
Fold To double cloth over. By military custom a stored flag ends up as a triangle.
Ground The flag should never touch it, or anything else beneath it.
Heart Where the right hand rests while the flag passes.
Light A flag kept up after dark should have one shining on it.
Lower To bring a flag down. The Flag Code says to do it ceremoniously.
Mend To repair. A flag with a frayed edge gets this or is replaced.
Mourning Sadness for someone who has died. A flag halfway down the pole shows it.
Parade A march. Carried in one with other flags, this flag goes on the marching right.
Raise To run a flag up. The Flag Code says to do it briskly.
Respect Care and honor shown to something.
Retire To take a ragged flag out of use in a dignified ceremony, often held on June 14.
Salute A sign of respect. People in uniform give one as the flag passes.
School The Flag Code asks for a flag in or near every one on class days.
Stand To be on your feet. People do it at attention, facing the flag.
Sunrise When the flag goes up, by custom.
Sunset When the flag comes down, unless it is lit all night.
Triangle The three-cornered shape of a flag put away by military custom.
Weather Rain, wind and storm. An ordinary flag stays in when it is bad.
Worn Thin and ragged from use. A flag in this state is retired.

Flag Day History 25

Alaska Its statehood in 1959 brought a short-lived flag of 49 stars.
Anniversary A date that comes back each year. June 14 is one for the flag.
Army Founded on June 14, 1775, it shares a birthday with the flag.
Birthday June 14 is the one the flag has: the date of its adoption in 1777.
Buffalo The New York city where a teacher began Flag Day exercises in 1891.
Chicago Where more than 300,000 schoolchildren kept Flag Day in five parks in 1894.
Cigrand A Wisconsin teacher who held the first recognized Flag Day at his school in 1885.
Congress The Continental one adopted the flag in 1777. Another made the day official in 1949.
Father Cigrand is generally credited as this of Flag Day, for 30 years of work toward it.
Fourteen The day of the month. On it, in 1777, Congress adopted the flag.
Hartford The Connecticut city where a day for the flag was proposed in 1861.
Hawaii The state whose star, the fiftieth, was the last one added, in 1960.
Holiday Flag Day is not a federal one.
July A new star is always added on the fourth day of this month.
June The month of Flag Day.
Pennsylvania First state to turn Flag Day into a state holiday, in 1937.
Proclamation An official announcement. The president issues one for National Flag Week.
Resolution A formal decision. The Flag one of 1777 is a single sentence.
Sumter The fort whose flag became famous in 1861, the year a flag day was first proposed.
Teacher The job of Bernard Cigrand in 1885, and of Sarah Hinson of Buffalo in 1891.
Truman The president who signed the 1949 act that set up National Flag Day.
Waubeka The Wisconsin town of Stony Hill School, where Flag Day was kept in 1885.
Week Seven days. National Flag is the name of the one that holds June 14.
Wilson The president whose 1916 proclamation named June 14 Flag Day.
Wisconsin The state where a teacher held the first recognized Flag Day observance.

Names and Meanings 18

Allegiance Loyalty. The Pledge named for it is dedicated to the flag.
Anthem A song of a country. People face the flag while it plays.
Astronaut A space traveler. Those of the U.S. wear a flag patch on their space suits.
Breeze A light wind, enough to lift a flag.
Glory With Old in front, a nickname for the flag.
Justice In 1782 the blue of the national seal was said to stand for vigilance, perseverance and this.
Moon With no air there, each Apollo flag hung from a pole with a bar across the top.
Nation A country and its people.
Patch A small cloth flag sewn on a uniform or a space suit.
Pledge A promise. The one of Allegiance is made to the flag.
Pride A good feeling about something you belong to.
Purity In 1782 the white of the national seal was said to stand for this and innocence.
Seal An official stamp of a country. The meanings often given to red, white and blue come from the 1782 one.
Spangled Dotted with shining things. With Star in front, part of a nickname for the flag.
Unfurl To unroll and spread out.
Valor Bravery. In 1782 the red of the national seal was said to stand for hardiness and this.
Vigilance Watchfulness, one of three things blue was said to stand for in 1782.
Wave What a flag does in the wind.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. Facts were checked on 9 October 2026 against Wikipedia, Flag Day (United States) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day_(United_States)), Flag of the United States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States), United States Flag Code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code) and Glossary of vexillology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_vexillology); against the text of the Flag Code at the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School, 4 U.S. Code sections 6, 7 and 9 (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/6); and word meanings against Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/halyard and the entries for finial, unfurl and aloft). Licence: own work

How it works

This free printable Flag Day word search opens on a list with Stars, Stripes, Red, White, Blue, Pole, Salute, Fold and June. The bank of 97 names the parts of the flag and the customs for its care.

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Parts of the flag, from canton to fly

Parts of the Flag (27) starts with Stars and Stripes and goes on to the proper names. The Canton is the blue corner, which the law calls the Union. The Hoist is the edge at the pole and the Fly the far edge. The Halyard is the rope, and the Finial the cap on top.

Flag care and the story of June 14

Caring for the Flag (27) follows the Flag Code, from Sunrise and Sunset to Weather, Mend and Retire. Fold and Triangle are military custom. Flag Day History (25) has Cigrand, Waubeka and Wisconsin, for the school that kept the day in 1885. Names and Meanings (18) has Glory, Spangled and Valor.

The Flag Code was drawn up on Flag Day itself, June 14, 1923.
The Army shares the date: it was founded on June 14, 1775.

Questions and answers

Is the Flag Day word search free to print?

It is. Print or save as PDF gives two pages on Letter or A4: the puzzle, with a name and date line and two lines for writing flag rules, then the answer key with every word ringed.

When is Flag Day, and why June 14?

June 14, every year. On that date in 1777 the Second Continental Congress adopted the flag by resolution. President Wilson proclaimed the day in 1916 and Congress established National Flag Day in 1949. It is not a federal holiday.

What do the stars and stripes stand for?

The 50 stars stand for the 50 states and the 13 stripes for the colonies that won independence. The colors were given no official meaning in 1777. The meanings often quoted come from a 1782 description of the national seal.

What are the rules for taking care of the flag?

The Flag Code is advice, with no penalties. Fly the flag from sunrise to sunset, or lit through the night. Raise it briskly and lower it ceremoniously. Keep it off the ground, and mend or retire one that is worn.

Who started Flag Day?

Bernard Cigrand, a teacher in Waubeka, Wisconsin, held the first recognized observance at Stony Hill School in 1885 and worked for a national day for 30 years. He is generally credited as the Father of Flag Day.

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Parts of the Flag 27

Parts of the Flag, continued

Caring for the Flag 27

Flag Day History 25

Names and Meanings 18

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Parts of the flag, from canton to fly

Flag care and the story of June 14

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