On a standard American flag, there are 50 stars ... Again, there isn't an official meaning behind the flag's colors, but PBS states that "blue represents vigilance, perseverance, and justice." ...

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

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 ...

He more likely named the flag when reflecting on his adventurous 20-year career as an American merchant seaman who sailed to China, India, Gibraltar and throughout the South Pacific, at one point ...

Tim Marshall, the author of "Worth Dying for: The Power and Politics of Flags," explains why American flags are reversed on military uniforms. Following is a transcript of the video. A lot of ...

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 ...

It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over Baltimore's Fort McHenry on a hot summer night in 1814. "Was," because this object at hand, the original Star-Spangled Banner, is no longer ...