While the patriotic Fourth of July is still nearly a month away, a national holiday in June honors our nation's flag — and a ...

The act read: “Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new ...

The corn kernels and 21-pronged gear that form ... meaning behind your flag: The 21 red + white stripes represent Illinois as the 21st state of this union. The blue field with the six-pointed ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

Whenever this happens, servicemembers must go out and draw or purchase new gear ... the blue field of 50 white stars, is in the upper right. To anyone familiar with the American flag, this ...

It does say that the blue field of the flag should be on the observer’s left when the flag is displayed vertically. The American flags at the White House pride event were displayed in this way.

How should the U.S. flag be displayed when hung vertically or horizontally on a wall? Answer: When hung vertically, the union (blue field with stars) should be at the top and to the U.S. flag's ...

After a monthslong selection process, a Minnesota commission chose a new design for the state’s flag that was adopted May 11. The flag includes a star and blue coloring, as does Somalia’s ...