It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over Baltimore's Fort McHenry on a hot summer night in 1814. "Was," because this object at hand, the original Star-Spangled Banner, is no longer ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Upside down American flags are flying at demonstrations ... But what exactly does it mean? The upside down flag traces its origins to the sea, where sailors flew them as a ...

Just as the US flag dips to no man or king, and you will see even at the Olympic ceremonies, the American flag is the only one that doesn't dip to the head of state of the host country.