In an interview with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Marc Leepson, author of “Flag: An American Biography ... she had never made one but if the pattern were shown to her she had ...

When Flag Day arrives on Wednesday, the day will mark precisely 240 years since the Continental Congress approved the stars and stripes design of the American flag and adopted it as a national ...

Following criticism, Nike is canceling the release of a Fourth of July sneaker featuring the Betsy Ross flag — a flag with a ring of stars representing the original 13 colonies during the ...

To do this, he looked at all the flags we’ve flown throughout American history, found the most common patterns, and figured out which of those patterns worked for a given number of stars.

The most well-known flag maker in Colonial America was Betsy Ross, though the federal history of the banner cites that it was made by others as well. The American flag changed to add more stars as ...

Which of the following was not on a colonial military flag? A. A snake. B. A pine tree. A. An American president has died. B. It’s a call for assistance. C. It’s flown for one day before a new ...