In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: ...

The United States Exercise Tiger Foundation, based in Columbia, flew an original 48 star flag for the first time since World War II on Thursday afternoon. The flag raising was to commemorate the ...

Historically, the backward flag can be traced back to the Civil War. During the war, troop had flag bearers who would carry ...

The American Flag 4. The United States National Anthem 5 ... Alaska contains 586,000 square miles of land and is one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states, 488 times larger than Rhode Island, two and ...