The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

The United States now celebrates the anniversary of the liberation of Black Americans every year on Juneteenth. When June 19 arrives, you may see a red-and-blue banner with a white star in the middle ...

Whatever the impetus for the ban, Ken Yager hopes climbers will respect it. He’s the founder and president of the Yosemite ...

The Board of Supervisors OK'd a vista of Anacapa Island for the government banner in a unanimous vote Tuesday. The flag features essentially ... of Ventura" and at the bottom, a lighter blue ...

In 1970, “Illinois” in block letters was added at the bottom. Last fall ... then added the current 1915 flag, and banners created for the state’s 1918 Centennial and 1968 Sesquicentennial.

Most Star Spangled Banners you'll see on July 4 were made ... make your seven and your six that goes on the top and the bottom of the flag for your stripes. GOTTSACKER: Then they'll attach these ...

Nui Ba Den, South Vietnam, Oct. 16, 1969: The U.S. flag flies from the top of the radar tower atop Black Virgin Mountain (Nui ...

Nowadays, the design is found on flags, banners, shirts, hats and coffee mugs sold online ... on the other hand, were relegated to the bottom of the heap: Out of 72 flags that were voted upon, Maine ...

The Star-Spangled Banner arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. National Museum of American History The flag’s history starts not with Key, but rather a year earlier, with Major George ...