American flag bearer Ralph Rose was the only athlete ... the star field always facing front to mimic a flag blowing in the wind as soldiers charge into battle. Awesome. While deployed, many ...

The wind would push the flag in the opposite direction ... to be backward when it decidedly is not. So, the reason the American flag is backward on a military uniform is that it isn't backward ...

In the centuries since, the American flag has been draped across the casket of presidents and veterans, spread across the field of Super Bowls, waved by children in Fourth of July parades ...

is wave majestically in the wind. This, in effect, is what the flag is doing when it's "backward." It's waving, facing forward. The American flag also appears to be flying backward on military ...

Annin Flagmakers, the U.S.'s oldest and largest flag manufacturer, produces more than 3 million full-size American flags yearly. Americans will celebrate Independence Day tomorrow. And whether you ...