As they do every year ahead of Memorial Day, volunteers placed tens of thousands of U.S. flags around the Boston Common’s ...

Council President Rachel Miller will display the flag during Thursday’s city council ... prevalent at City Hall overall. Typically, the indoor chamber only flies the state and national flags ...

In 1942 Congress created the U.S. Flag Code which provides guidelines for the display and care of the flag. Flags should always hang freely but never with the stars down, except as a distress signal.

In 1942, Congress created the U.S. Flag Code which provides guidelines for the display and care of the flag. Flags should always hang freely but never with the stars down, except as a distress signal.