Army marks Flag Day with national celebrations

AMMAN — The Jordan Armed Forces–Arab Army (JAF) on Tuesday marked Jordan’s Flag Day, observed annually on April 16, with a series of nationwide celebrations.

The commemorations included adorning military buildings with the Jordanian flag, hosting national events at military culture schools, and distributing flags to citizens across the Kingdom.

As part of the celebrations, a group of JAF personnel raised the Jordanian flag atop Jabal Umm ad-Dami, the highest peak in the Kingdom, standing at 1,900 metres above sea level in the Wadi Rum mountain range, according to a JAF statement. 

The initiative served as a powerful tribute to the occasion and a reflection of deep-rooted loyalty to the homeland and its Hashemite leadership. 

It also aligns with JAF’s ongoing commitment to upholding the symbolic significance of the national flag, representing dignity, pride, and sovereignty, and to highlighting the role of the Arab Army in defending and raising the flag in arenas of honour and valour.

The Jordanian flag is a powerful national symbol, representing pride, unity, and unwavering loyalty, according to a JAF statement.  

"Under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah, the flag continues to soar, upheld by the solidarity of Jordanians and the legacy of the Hashemites, who together forged the identity of an independent nation."

Flag Day stands as a tribute to national values, freedom, justice, equality, and the spirit of belonging, rooted in the ideals of the Great Arab Revolt, the statement said.

The Cabinet officially designated the occasion as a national observance during the Kingdom’s centennial celebrations. It commemorates the historic moment on May 25, 1946, when Jordanians raised their flag in celebration of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s independence.