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 ...

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, but many don’t know the special flag traditions and etiquette for the day. On Memorial ... the Military Affairs and Veterans Department office on ...

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 ...

Flag etiquette ... The Three Oaks Flag Day Parade begins at 3 p.m. June 8, in downtown. The parade was founded in 1953 and today features more than 100 units, including veterans, color guards ...

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

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

SAN ANTONIO – This Memorial Day Weekend ... Memorial Day protocol: planting a centered flag exactly one foot out from the gravestone, saluting, and saying the fallen veteran’s name.