June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...

flag was inspired by the French tricolour. It was introduced in the mid-17th century, featuring a red, white, and blue ...

Some interpret the red, white and blue stripes as the highways that will take the scattered Assyrians back to their ancestral homeland. Above the blue star is the image of the Assyrian god Assur, who ...

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 ...

There's nothing quite like the vibrancy of that red, white, and blue color palette waving high and mighty to represent the country ... stars and stripes are on the American flag?