A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

During World War I and World War II, civilians wore the flag in uniform fashion as a great public display of solidarity with soldiers overseas. Wearing American flag apparel became a sign of unity ...

That's because the flag on an American servicemember's uniform is backward. That is to say, the canton (the top left corner), which houses the blue field of 50 white stars, is in the upper right.

On Memorial Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until noon in honor of those U.S. military members who died in service. At noon, the flag is raised to full-staff as a "symbol of ...

The Museum of the American Revolution is hosting the largest gathering of Revolutionary War flags in one place since the war itself. Seventeen of the 30 flags known to still exist are included in the ...

This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...

American painter Jasper Johns shook up the art world by reconceptualizing common icons like targets, numbers, and letters—and it all began in 1954 with Flag. 1. Flag was painted after Jasper ...

Benjamin Netanyahu Anti-Israel agitators burn American flags, accuse Netanyahu of being 'war criminal' as he addresses Congress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking before Congress ...

Ben King, Operations Director, Virginia War Memorial. King believes when a flag has flown for the last time, it deserves a fitting retirement. That belief was at the heart of a special ceremony ...

Historically, flying the American flag upside down was a way for sailors to indicate distress or to call for help. In the 1960s and ’70s, it was used by Vietnam War protesters.

Protesters burn a flag near the Israeli Consulate during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago. A man tried to stop them from doing it, but ended up walking away.