The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

According to the National Flag Day Foundation headquartered there, a 19-year-old teacher in a one-room school, Bernard Cigrand, put a small flag on his desk and had students write essays about ...

Jun 13, 2025 - 2:15pm JOHN HANNA, Associated Press photo by: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP The U.S. Capitol is seen past American flags on the National Mall, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Flag Day at Old Fort Niagara on Friday will set the stage for the return to the fort of one of the oldest surviving American flags. The fort is getting its original War of 1812 garrison flag back.

Onlookers watch in the dark during Monday evening’s flag burning ceremony held by American Legion Post 182 out of New Palestine. Hundreds of worn American flags were properly disposed of by fire.

The U.S. Capitol is seen past American flags on the National Mall, Friday, June 6, 2025, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War, when the need to keep the banner aloft in battle led the Union army to treat the deadly job of flag bearer as a ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first AP The U.S. Capitol is seen past American flags on the National Mall By Associated Press ...

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 ...