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 ...

A tale of fidelity, family feud and argument over ownership is the subject of a new inquiry by the Smithsonian National Museum of American ... documenting the history of the flag her father ...

Before the iconic Stars & Stripes, there were dozens of alternate American flag designs—some beautiful, some strange, all rejected. In this video, I explore 12 flag designs that were proposed but ...

Because of the national flag flying in front of it ... Arnaldo Testi is a professor of American history at the University of Pisa, Italy. He wrote this for Zocalo Public Square.

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

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