This Father's Day weekend brings another, more obscure holiday in the U.S.: Flag Day. Here's what the holiday is and how and ...

On July 5, the 50-star version of the American flag becomes the longest-serving flag in U.S. history. The last time a star was added to the flag was July 4, 1960 — nearly a year after Hawaii ...

and at least one variation without stars before 1777, have flown as the American flag. With Thursday being the 102nd national Flag Day, we look back at some of the changes over the years with a ...

I’ve termed this the “alternate” pattern, since the flag alternates rows with an odd number of stars and rows with an even number of stars. A 51-star flag also works as a “Wyoming ...

There are 50 white stars on the American flag, all of which are equal in size and have five points each. They are arranged in a pattern of nine horizontal rows, alternating six and five stars per ...

On Sunday, 23 percent of Puerto Rico’s eligible citizens went to the polls, and 97 percent of them voted to make Puerto Rico America’s 51st state. That’s about half a million people.

The American flag, with 50 stars, utilizes an offset grid pattern in order to fit all those stars in a small blue rectangle. It’s arranged with five rows of six stars, interlaced with another ...

Fifty three is a prime number and that number of stars would be difficult to organize into a pattern on the flag. So my thinking is fifty four and fifty five are in the pipeline. Iceland is a ...

JTA — If a blue-and-white flag with a Star of David and two horizontal stripes were to hang proudly outside a Jewish organization in Boston, it would hardly be news. Unless, of course ...

The Star-Spangled Banner arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. National Museum of American History The flag’s history starts not with Key, but rather a year earlier, with Major George ...