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A 127-year-old Philippine flag was found by local historian Errol Santillan in Antique. Santillan told government media outlet the Philippine News Agency that he's contacted the National Historical ...
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing the first United States national flag. Betsy Ross may ...
Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has ordered that all Virgin Islands flags be flown at half-staff across the territory on Friday, ...
Erik Peterson, Scout master for Troop 7 in Filer, said the town’s American Legion receives a number of old flags. He estimated there are about 30 that need to be retired.
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman.
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman.
The U.S. Capitol is seen past American flags on the National Mall, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. TOPEKA — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the ...
The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday's modern Flag Day.
The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War, when the need to keep the banner aloft in battle led the Union army to treat the deadly job of flag bearer as a ...