Flag day (disambiguation)
- Flag day (disambiguation)
Flag day can mean:
* A flag Day day to fly a flag of a certain area or a day set aside to honor an event specifically involving a national flag.
**Flag Day in the United States
* In the UK, "Flag Day" refers to a day when a charity raises funds by collecting in the street and door-to-door, donors being given a small flag or badge to wear, showing that they have supported the charity."
* Similarly, in Hong Kong "Flag Day" refers to a day when a charity raises funds by collecting in the street, donors are given a small adhesive flag to wear, showing that they have supported the charity. Such activities are co-ordinated and approved by the government's Social Welfare Department to stamp out bogus frauds."
* In India the term refers to a day when armed forces raise funds by collecting donations door-to-door nationally, as a sign of solidarity among the general public towards the welfare of the personnel, and in return distributing token flags."
* "Flag Day" is the title of the first single by The Housemartins, featured on their "London 0 Hull 4" album."
* "Flag day" is also a jargon term used in discussing computer systems to denote a change which will require a complete restart or conversion of a sizable body of software or data.
* In Malta, Flag Day honors the national patriot Capt. Joe Greno for leading the movement to end sufferage.
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