Two hundred and forty eight years ago on June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 12 stripes, alternate ...

Three Perryville Girl Scouts earned the Silver Award for their project teaching flag etiquette, history and respect, ...

At first glance it sounds like a terrible insult, a slap in the face of British hospitality; those pesky yanks pulling our ...

There might be an Olympic beef brewing between the current U.S. national team and NFL players hoping to win a gold medal in ...

US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack raises the American flag at the US ambassador's residence in ...

Powwows are popular community events. The Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center held an etiquette class to prepare the ...

Victory for Veterans is hosting the annual “A Flower on Every Grave” event at the Houston National Cemetery on Memorial Day to honor fallen heroes and raise funds for suicide ...

This Memorial Day weekend, a local veterans organization held a special retirement ceremony for worn and torn American flags.

Memorial Day began as Decoration Day in 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War. Then it was formalized by an order ...

The new flags have spinners — metal loops with ball bearings in them which go around the poles and hold the flag — meant to ...

Lois Schaefer, Bottineau, senior vice president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Department of North Dakota, gives ...

We often show respect by displaying flags on Memorial Day, but many don’t know the special flag traditions and etiquette for the day.