The Stars and Stripes was adopted by the Continental Congress as the US flag on June 14, 1777. It originally consisted of 13 stars and 13 stripes, representing the 13 original colonies.

A rumor circulating online in early February 2025 claimed U.S. President Donald Trump's administration replaced the standard 50-star U.S. flag with a nine-star flag on government websites.

Independence Day is a quintessential American holiday and the flag is its most visible symbol, but many Americans are unaware ...

United States and POW/MIA flags were hoisted and hung upside down at three separate sites in southern Brooklyn Friday, ...

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, according to the Library of Congress. Both Wilson, in 1916, and President Coolidge, in ...

But should old acquaintance be forgot, keep your eye on the grand old flag.” George M. Cohan’s famous verse reminds us that a flag can call a nation back to its core values in times of distress. But, ...

Is Flag Day 2025 a federal holiday? No. Flag Day is not considered a federal holiday. Is mail delivered on Flag Day, June 14, 2025? Yes. Mail should be delivered like any other da ...

The flag expanded to 24 stars with the addition of Missouri in 1821. Missouri, a slave state, was admitted as part of the Missouri Compromise, which sought to achieve a balance of free and slave ...

A picture of the ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag, flying just below the U.S. flag was shared by Kelly Loeffler, the former senator ...

While not as famous as the Betsy Ross flag, the flag with the stars in the 3-2-3-2-3 pattern was actually the first official flag of the U.S. beginning in 1777, according to USHistory.org.

The Stars and Stripes represents freedom and bravery. The flag represents equality and justice, and our ability as Americans ...

WASHINGTON — One of the capital’s newest curiosities is an American flag bearing 51 stars rather than the regulation 50. The unusual take on the Stars and Stripes went up across Lafayet… ...