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 ...

U.S. Code states that those who are not members of the armed forces should put their hands over their hearts during the ...

The Australian flag can evoke a range of feelings from pride and camaraderie to exclusion and division. Here are some reasons why these people have made it a feature of their homes.

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Allen Hoe showed soldiers a tattered old flag Wednesday that he and fellow ...

Part of Russia's oil tanker fleet has been forced to change the flag under which they fly, as US and UK sanctions exert ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was ...

flags are flown at half-staff when the country or a specific state is mourning following national tragedies, for days of remembrance or in the immediate deaths of government or military personnel.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities ...

After a former president dies, federal flag code dictates that flags should be flown at half-staff for 30 days out of respect. When Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100, President Joe Biden issued a ...

President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government.

Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged ...