A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, ...

Flag Day, a national holiday that honors our nation's flag, is Saturday, June 14, amid a weekend that also celebrates ...

These are the people flying flags from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, South Korea and other places during the Los Angeles ...

Flag Day commemorates June 14, 1777—the date the Second Continental Congress adopted the American flag. Thirteen alternating ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing ...

In attempting to reclaim the flag from its right-coded fixture at the moment, Democrats face no easy task: One study found ...

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has apparently heeded President Donald Trump’s call for a ban on flag burning. The senator is ...

Letters published June 9-15, 2025, explore the right way to commemorate Flag Day and California animal welfare laws.

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the “Stars and Stripes,” the official flag of the new nation. Its 13 alternating red and white stripes and 13 white, five-pointed stars on a blue ...

Flag Day 2025 will be celebrated on Saturday, June 14, marking the adoption of the design of the American flag in 1777.

Regarding the symbolism and meaning of the elements of the United States flag, the stripes represent the 13 original colonies and the stars represent the 50 states of the nation.

It proudly flies in front of schools. It is raised in front of public and private buildings. It is displayed from the porches and in the front yards of countless homes around the nation. It stands ...