Explore the fascinating history of the American flag & how it is a powerful symbol of Learn its symbolism, evolution, 50-star design & lesser-known facts.

These are the most famous American flags that have been displayed throughout our nation's history.

President Trump's executive order challenges a landmark Supreme Court decision, according to free speech attorneys.

Red, white, and blue flags studded with 50 stars and 13 stripes fly all over the United States of America, but that hasn't always been the case. In its 243 years of existence, "Old Glory" has had ...

An exhibition of flags and documents at the Museum of the American Revolution traces the national evolution on issues of race and religion.

The Confederate flag has a complex history in the United States. Alongside the nation’s growing acknowledgment of systemic racism in recent years, the flag predictably makes appearances at white ...

A tale of fidelity, family feud and argument over ownership is the subject of a new inquiry by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Old Glory, the weather-beaten 17- by 10-foot ...

From Marcus Garvey to the Black Panther Party, here are the flags that carved the evolving Black American experience into history.

Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively bans burning the American flag. Flag burning has a longstanding ...

"Akin to a Confederate flag": The fraught history of the "thin blue line" American flag A man held a flag with a thin blue line at a vigil for five police officers killed in Dallas in 2016.

Why is Ohio's state flag shaped so strangely? How many flags have Civil War connections? What's the shocking history behind California's Bear Flag? And which flags feature a buffalo, a pelican and ...