Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

On this day, though, the farm wife designed something that would become a passion for her daughter, a 49-star American flag. Salfrank, a resident of Savannah, Mo., discusses it still. In doing so ...

The term Gold Star family is a modern reference that comes from the Service Flag. These flags/banners were first flown by families during World War I. The flag included a blue star for every ...

For American Legion Post 148 in Mason, it was a big day for spreading American pride, and making a red, white, and blue ...

the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes as the Flag's Birthday. Cigrand, now known as the Father of Flag Day, continued to publicly advocate the observance of June ...

“We’re conducting an auction of a number of the most historic objects relating to American history that ... said Ettinger. A rare 49-star flag dating from the period in 1959 after Alaska ...

Because it's not a mark of disrespect to them; it's a mark of respect to the American flag. And they take it so seriously that it must always face forward. Now, on a flagpole that puts the stars ...

Each November, thousands hike to a northern Utah canyon to see a giant U.S. flag honoring Maj. Brent Taylor, a former North Ogden mayor killed in Afghanistan.

The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current flag in 1909. In the new ...

After the game, Anthony Hill Jr. and Barryn Sorrell planted the Texas flag through a Baker Mayfield jersey on the field at the 50-yard line. "Texas fears nobody," Hill wrote on X afterward with a ...

The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the leeward areas of all Hawaiian islands today, warning of dangerous fire weather conditions due to locally strong tradewinds and low ...