We've grown up learning patriotic songs and seeing the red-white-and-blue waving in the wind almost everywhere you go, but you may see more flags on Thursday. That's because it's Flag Day, which ...

I routinely bicycle the 44 miles around Chautauqua Lake. One such ride was on Sunday, September 11, Patriots Day. I was shocked that – of the literally hundreds on U.S. flags on display at homes, on ...

national symbol of unity: The American Flag. In a very short time, flags appeared on every type of business, private home, public space, and this was good. We were a “nation united” once again. In the ...

On this day 246 years ago, Congress created our national flag by commemorating Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes. There have been a total of 27 variations in flag design over the years, as ...

With Independence Day coming up, people are decorating with flags and other articles of red, white and blue. It’s important to display and handle the U.S. flag properly. When being displayed, the flag ...

Today is Flag Day, which marks the formal adoption of the nation's flag on June 14, 1777, by the Second Continental Congress. As we fly our flags today, it's a good time to learn important parts of ...