There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York and at ...

A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, ...

President Woodrow Wilson and President Calvin Coolidge each issued presidential proclamations asking for June 14 to be observed as Flag Day, according to the VA. On Aug. 3, 1949, Congress approved the ...

The U.S., France, Chile and more all have this commonality: red, white and blue flags. Here's why, as explained by Ted Kaye of the North American Vexillological Association.

President Biden looked confused again Wednesday as he walked into a giant flag at the United Nations — then appeared to anger Brazil’s president by walking off stage without shaking his hand.

Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen, Denmark's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, attends the Flag Installation ceremony for the newly elected members of the UN Security Council ...

The colors red, white and blue did not have meanings when the flag was adopted in 1777. ... No other flag may be flown above or to the right of the U.S. flag, except at United Nations headquarters.

§1. Flag; stripes and stars on. The flag of the United States shall be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; and the union of the flag shall be forty-eight stars, white in a blue ...

United Nations: Against the Last White Strongholds. 3 minute read. TIME. August 9, 1963 12:00 AM GMT-4. F or the first time, Morocco’s Ahmed Benhima presided over the Security Council.

Among its mandates are that no other flag shall be flown above it, save for a United Nations flag (and only at UN headquarters in New York); flags on cars should be affixed to poles, not draped ...