Several years ago, I was driving on a rural road when I came up behind a pickup truck with a Confederate-flag sticker on the back window. This isn’t such an unusual sight in some parts of the ...

1. “Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” —Benjamin Franklin 2. “America. It is the only place where miracles not only ...

From the time the Continental Congress gave the stars and stripes its stamp of approval in 1777 amid the American Revolution, the flag of the United States of America has been an emblematic symbol ...

How the Confederate flag came to be. Though inextricably linked with the Confederacy, the flag was never its official symbol. When rebels fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, they flew a blue ...

Why There Are 50 Stars on the United States Flag and What Each One Represents. The American flag has 50 stars, but do you know why? In this article, we explain the reason behind each star, how ...

The United States flagbearer at the 1908 London Games, Ralph Rose, failed to dip the Stars and Stripes as the Americans passed King Edward in the opening parade. Olympic lore has it that Rose’s ...