A tale of fidelity, family feud and argument over ownership is the subject of a new inquiry by the Smithsonian National Museum of American ... the flag was hardly flown. “What we’re looking ...

It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over ... and you can see it happening. Look into the conservation lab, and there's the old flag stretched out as though waiting for the surgeon ...

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