The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

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 ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless ... It wasn’t until 1818 that Congress decided the flag would have 13 stripes and an additional star for each new state. Clague: One interesting ...

The American flag’s design was first ... with the number of stars increasing as new states joined the Union. Notably, from 1795 to 1818, the flag featured 15 stripes to represent the 15 states ...

Because it's not a mark of disrespect to them; it's a mark of respect to the American flag. And they take it so seriously that it must always face forward. Now, on a flagpole that puts the stars ...

Your vote in this election will become part of a thread woven throughout America’s providential history stretching back to ...

the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes as the Flag's Birthday. Cigrand, now known as the Father of Flag Day, continued to publicly advocate the observance of June ...

The General Joseph Warren Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has been awarded a NSDAR Stars and Stripes ...

Q. An owner in our condominium building has placed two flags in his windows. One is the traditional stars and stripes (13 Stripes, 50 stars). The other is the Betsy Ross Colonial flag with 13 stripes ...