The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

An Oklahoma community expressed outrage after a high school student was banned from flying the American flag on his truck. The decision sparked a patriotic protest from students and parents ...

CHICAGO — Patriotism is cool at this year’s Democratic National Convention. Delegates wear suits adorned with stars and stripes, dresses with American flag patterns, and blouses featuring bald ...

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Chicago were seen attempting to burn an American flag on Tuesday evening, before a man stepped in to try and stop them. Hundreds marched in the city's downtown as the ...

I was 12 and I saw adults crying with joy and relief. Then I saw it: an oily American flag on the stern of an old American tanker. I had not seen an American flag flying freely for at least two years.

“Has anyone else noticed that the only American Flags at the DNC are the ones being burned outside in front of building?” the post reads. The post was liked more than 600 times in four days. A similar ...

Donald Trump has once again argued that people should be jailed for burning the American flag despite the constitution protecting free speech. "I want to get a law passed. Everyone tells me ...

Do I hold that same line? Passive-aggressively fly a Pride flag beneath it? Honestly, even choosing to fly an American flag kind of feels like right-wing posturing to me, but of course I will end ...

MILWAUKEE - After six years of discussion and debate, the City of Milwaukee moved one step closer Monday to adopting a new city flag. The city's Steering ...

From references to the Olympics to odes to freedom, Democrats used their nominating convention to stake their claim on patriotism. By Adam Nagourney Reporting from the Democratic National ...