Flag Day is Saturday, June 14. The Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution on June 14, 1777, that stated: “That the flag of the United States shall be of thirteen stripes of alternate red and ...

We often show respect by displaying flags on Memorial Day, but many don’t know the special flag traditions and etiquette for the day.

Yet, flag etiquette -- and this specific Memorial Day flag tradition -- have been around much longer than that. In 1915, the Boston Globe reported that an irate Civil War veteran had marched into ...

Memorial Day began as Decoration Day in 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War. Then it was formalized by an order ...

Lois Schaefer, Bottineau, senior vice president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Department of North Dakota, gives ...

This Memorial Day weekend, a local veterans organization held a special retirement ceremony for worn and torn American flags.

Weekend, thousands of volunteers from around San Antonio gathered early Sunday morning at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery ...

For many, Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, but the day's purpose is far more significant: honoring those ...

According to guidelines from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon on Memorial Day to signify a period of mourning. In the ...