DescriptionPresident Woodrow Wilson addressing government officials and spectators during Flag Day exercises outside the State, War, and Navy Building (now the Eisenhower Executive Office Building), with a young Franklin D. Roosevelt among those present. The ceremony celebrated the American flag, adopted by the Continental Congress on 14 June 1777. Although Flag Day was already being commemorated, it would not be officially proclaimed by a U.S. president until 1916.
LicenseHarris & Ewing, No copyright restrictions, via Library of Congress
DescriptionSupporters of Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan celebrating atop a car in Republic Square, Yerevan, during the 2018 Armenian Revolution, which forced Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan to resign after weeks of mass protests.
DescriptionYoung Lucerners gathered at Schwanenplatz along Lake Lucerne during the Lake Night Festival (Seenachtsfest), a summer celebration featuring spectacular fireworks displays over the lake which originated in 1704.
LicenseJules Vogt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via ETH Library Zurich