Although the 80th anniversary of D-Day has passed, Firebrand Flags still has a few 48-star American flags that jumped into Normandy that day. The company is offering them at a discount for D-Day 2025.

Kathy and Martin Hedlund donated a 48-star American flag to the Post, but that isn’t all that makes it special. The flag was actively flying over the Coast Guard station in Pearl Harbor during ...

Friends of Harbour Town will donate the 48-star United States flag that flew over Vermilion High on Dec. 7, 1941, to the district. ... The American flag has other ties in Ohio. In 1958, ...

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, according to the Library of Congress. Both Wilson, in 1916, and President Coolidge, in ...

In 1945 there were only 48 stars on the flag because Alaska and Hawaii had yet to become states. The 50-star flag debuted in 1960, a year after the two non-contiguous territories achieved statehood.

The Stars and Stripes represents freedom and bravery. The flag represents equality and justice, and our ability as Americans ...

In real life, the United States' flag bore only 48 stars to represent the country's 48 states at the time. Hawaii and Alaska were both admitted into the union in 1959, more than a decade after the ...

The design of the American flag as we know it today has deep historical roots, particularly involving Betsy Ross and the symbolism of stars. Originally, a six-pointed star was favored, but Betsy ...

It is widely believed, but not confirmed, that Betsy Ross sewed the first American Flag. The flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 original colonies. The flag is nicknamed "Old Glory".