June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...

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 ...

During the Civil War, no flag ... it not be called Old Glory?” A portrait of Driver as a young captain shows a dashing man with black sideburns, a confident smile and a frothy white shirt.

The red-and-white flag of America’s northern neighbor was lifted over the state Capitol on Saturday in recognition of Colorado-Canada Friendship Day. Colorado exported $1.8 billion in trade ...