For the first time, our nation's American flag was flown in battle, on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, during a ...

Section 53-3-165 of the South Carolina Code of Laws designates the third Friday in September of each year as POW/MIA Recognition Day in South Carolina and provides that flags be flown at half-staff. S ...

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 ...

Since its inception, the flag has undergone several changes, with the number of stars increasing as new states joined the Union. Notably, from 1795 to 1818, the flag featured 15 stripes to ...

As part of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered public buildings and grounds to display the ...

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to lower the flags and have a moment of silence for the attack that killed nearly 3 ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

The Hispanic Heritage Flag was unveiled by artist José Garza and The Hispanic Festival, Inc. in 2023. The flag was set to be ...

Flags signaled other units in battle, but were also a tangible manifestation of the beliefs and spirit of a group of people. As such, flags were protected to the point of injury or death. Men in ...

When did the Polish flag appear? What colour is it actually? What is the proper way to display it? What should you do with it when a storm is coming? And who wrote poems about it? Worthy of its very ...

Cook in 1779. Picture from WikiMedia Commons Shortly afterward, Kamehameha I managed to unify the islands and established the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1795. But by that time, Europeans and Americans ...