From fireworks to typical clothing traditions, the Fourth of July has a long line of traditions with meaningful backgrounds.

The Kiwanis Club of Joplin is launching a patriotic flag display subscription program. A donation of $50 per year will get ...

The upside-down American flag, originally an apolitical symbol used by sailors to signal that their ship was in trouble, has since been adopted by both the political left and right in protest.

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.