Battle flags are usually designed to inspire a sense of pride in service, duty or patriotism for one’s country, or loyalty to a celebrated hero. So you have to admire the pettiness of British ...

In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, flags are rarer ...

Francis Scott Key awoke aboard a British warship after watching the terrifying 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry — and, by dawn's early light, was stunned to find that our flag was still there on ...