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 ...

Often called “The Stars and Stripes” or “Old Glory,” the American flag features 13 stripes representing the original 13 colonies: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts ...

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 ...

13 — When the flag is completely folded it reminds us of the national motto “In God We Trust” ...

It had seven, eleven, or thirteen white stars in a circular ... at the beginning of the American Independence movement as one of the original colonies. The flag is as much a cultural phenomenon ...

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 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 ...

The resolution stated: “Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new ...

That played a role in lawmakers’ approval of a bill to let Mainers vote on replacing the current flag. The state’s official ...

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 ...

Minnesota adopted a new flag after critics decried the state’s 1858 flag that featured a Native American riding off into the sunset while a white settler plows his field with his rifle leaning ...