CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Tucked away between the anniversary of a famous military campaign (D-Day - June 6, 1944) and American Independence Day, is a lesser-known yet significant day that doesn't get ...

At the Olympic Games, the vibrant display of national flags is always a highlight. With the flags regularly appearing on scoreboards and celebrating throughout the events, it’s easy to spot their ...

June 14 will be chock-full of patriotic celebrations, not only because it is the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, but also due to Saturday being Flag Day. The ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s ...

Driving through the south west of Birmingham, it's hard not to notice something about the lampposts. For more than a mile, almost every one has a St George's or union jack flag attached - thousands of ...

For many years, the English flag was an ambivalent symbol—the flag of the Crusaders who raided medieval Jerusalem, the flag of imperial conquest, and a flag appropriated by the white nationalists of ...

The National Park Service said none of its officials have sought to ban the American flag at Denali National Park & Preserve, and the American flag has continued to fly at multiple locations ...

After a monthslong selection process, a Minnesota commission chose a new design for the state’s flag that was adopted May 11. The flag includes a star and blue coloring, as does Somalia’s national ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the Department of Justice to prosecute, to "the fullest extent possible," any Americans who desecrate the country's flag. While ...

In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, flags are rarer ...

The durability of certain colors combined with history and symbolism have a big hand in why so many countries use colors like red and not black. At the Olympic Games, the vibrant display of national ...