Just a quick question, though: do you know how many stars and stripes are on the American flag? It seems a like a question that any citizen would know the answer to, sure, but there's actually ...

All federal and state flags will be flown at half-staff this week in honor of Pope Francis ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

How much do you really know about the American flag? Test your knowledge about the stars and stripes with this American Flag quiz. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress resolved that America ...

The Stars and Stripes are enjoying an extraordinary status in American public culture ... This official emblem somewhat recalls the flag flown by George Washington's Continental Army (a circle ...

A curtain would fall to reveal it, filling an entire wall of the National Museum of American ... flag — 42 by 30 feet, with 15 stars stretching 26 inches across and two-foot stripes — 15 ...

June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the ... blog for pointers on U.S. Flag Code, or learn more about the Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's ...

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 ...