Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

have spun up new versions of the flag, incorporating their own symbols within the circle of 13 stars. Historically, flying ...

This field is supposed to “point” in the direction you’re “moving” in order to represent the flag in motion. 👉 Stars and racing stripes: Six American teams that failed to crack F1 ...

How much do you really know about the American flag ... Congress resolved that America’s flag should feature 13 white stars on a blue field and 13 alternating red and white stripes, chosen ...

The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags ...

The basic story here is simple enough: they are taking down the Star-Spangled Banner, the giant American flag that hangs in the National Museum of American History, for a three-year conservation ...

is second only to Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled Banner as a patriotic symbol, and is the source of the term now applied generically to all American flags. “It represents success ...