To honor our veterans; as a Memorial Day, Flag Day, or Fourth of July commemoration, or just as a general act of patriotism, many American motorists choose to display the Stars and Stripes as a decal ...

The tragedy in Charleston has revived the movement to take the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds. On Monday June 22—five days after the shooting in the AME Emanuel ...

While most Americans are familiar with the stars and stripes of the U.S. flag, others may not know the details and symbols of the other 51 flags of the nation. Each state's flag is representative of ...

One of the signs of creeping old fogeyism is finding out how many of the irrefutable truths we learned as youths turned out to be false. Today's being Flag Day reminds me of yet another cardinal rule ...

Americans love flying flags. Not just the Stars and Stripes—flags of their state, their city, their alma mater. Last year, three flags were flown outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s New ...

Inverting the Stars and Stripes is increasingly being used by both sides of the political aisle Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her ...

A 3- by 5-foot U.S. flag hoisted by firefighters at the scene of the destroyed World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will go back on display Thursday — 15 years after it ...

In recent weeks, you may have noticed an uptick in the number of rainbow flags flying from porches, businesses and even government buildings for LGBTQ Pride Month. But what do all the colored stripes ...

A tale of fidelity, family feud and argument over ownership is the subject of a new inquiry by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Old Glory, the weather-beaten 17- by 10-foot banner ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota's new flag went into official use Saturday, which has many wondering about the reason for the change. The controversial replacement of the old flag requires an explanation of ...