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 ...

New flag will be installed next year as part of 2025 Veterans Week activities. The Major will be used in other settings, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Matthew Calbraith Perry plans to visit a far-flung island south of Tokyo where his famed namesake ancestor gave a 31-star U.S. flag to an American immigrant some 170 years ago. The 80-year-old ...

The largest display of memorial flags in the U.S. stood tall in Lake Charles, over 1,000 American flags at Orange Grove-Graceland Cemetery. Started in 1983, the mission of the Avenue of the Flags is ...

Toshiya loved American sports and culture ... Everywhere she went in the United States, she saw Stars and Stripes flags. It was surreal to her. She asked an employee of the Japanese consulate ...

who told KCBD News Channel 11 that he was pulling all Colorado merchandise from his store because “we don’t think that anybody has the right to limit the use of the American flag in this great ...

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 ...