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The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...
The annual observance reminds Americans that their flag represents more than cloth and thread; it embodies the principles of ...
"President Woodrow Wilson issued a declaration in 1916 requesting that Flag Day be observed with patriotic 'exercises' and ...
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing ...
Country names often fade into the background of a map and eventually become fixed and obvious. But the truth is, they’re anything but. These names are often rooted in ancient riddles, happy accidents, ...
“It is sufficiently humiliating to have had to carry it and exhibit it,” fumed the Confederate officer who wielded the flag of truce—now on display at the Smithsonian—at Appomattox Courthous ...