The now common phrase dates back to a 19th century ship captain whose American flag traveled the world The American flag got its nickname "Old Glory" from 19th-century sea captain William Driver After ...

For Christopher Benjamin, it all began with a couple of discarded American flags, tossed into a container at a landfill in St. Johns County. He knew that was no way for the flags to end their useful ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday's ...

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The Lakewood American Legion Post 1286 is driving home the point to let people know about how to retire an American flag. Currently, boxes are placed around the village for people to deposit their old ...

It’s June, when one can be forgiven for thinking we live in the United States of LGBTQIA2S+. Old Glory is, at best, supplemented with, and sometimes supplanted by, the Pride Flag in all its varieties.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Love it, hate it or yawn at it, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that brought up ...

DETROIT LAKES, MINN. - Minnesota adopted a new state flag this year in the hope that it would unite all Minnesotans. Instead, like COVID masks and profane political signs, the state flag illustrates ...

Overland Park is set to replace what flag experts had ranked as one of the worst city flags with a new design that evokes the city’s park identity. The old flag features a plain, white background with ...

After his sailing career ended, Driver flew a massive U.S. flag over his family's store in Nashville, where it became a target during the Civil War When northern forces took back the Tennessee capital ...