American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific ...

Throughout the relatively short history of the US, it’s become a tradition that presidents have their coffins draped in the ...

It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and ...

No matter who you ask, everyone has an opinion on the American flag. The United States flag has a nearly 250-year history as ...

The core question is whether flags contributed by the general public and approved by city officials constitute government ...

MIA Recognition Day. For Vietnam War veteran Alan Micklin, POW-MIA flags should be flying from every flag pole.

When 10th Group Special Forces soldier Kyle Daniels returned from his last combat deployment, he was frustrated by what he ...

Question 5 on the November ballot will give voters a chance to decide whether the original 1901 Maine state flag should ...

The private Polaris Dawn crew called home from space to share their historic mission with two nonprofit ... And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: [email protected].

Edmond Public Schools leaders are meeting on Monday, and one of the topics of discussion on the agenda is the American flag.

The actual flag raised over Fort McHenry by the dawn’s early light on Sept. 14 enjoys a place of honor today at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. It’s known as the ...

A final footnote to this bit of historical unfairness. One fact is beyond dispute: The real Barbara Fritchie did, indeed, own a small American flag, and her family says she did wave it (in ...