Flag Day is Saturday, June 14. The Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution on June 14, 1777, that stated: “That the flag of the United States shall be of thirteen stripes of alternate red and ...

Two flags that were flown over President George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia on June 1, 2025, now fly proudly ...

One of the capital’s newest curiosities is an American flag bearing 51 stars rather than the regulation 50. The unusual take ...

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Elon Musk’s Doge team reportedly left a government-funded institution littered with beer bottles, drugs and cockroaches. Mr Musk, who left his job in Donald Trump’s administration last week ...