Haley, a rising Republican star, is correct to lower the Confederate flag. It has reflected Democratic racial oppression since it was stitched together in 1861, and has been hoisted by Democrats ...

Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Code ("Respect for flag") states in paragraph (b) that: The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.

The white star in the center of the flag has a dual meaning, Haith said. For one, it represents Texas, the Lone Star State. It was in Galveston in 1865 where Union soldiers informed the country ...

The second National Flag of the Confederacy was issued by the Confederate Congress on May 1, 1863. This flag was designed to have a distinct difference from the Union's Stars and Stripes.

This weekend celebrates not only the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Army with a military parade in Washington, D.C., but also the adoption of the American flag. Here's what to know about ...