However, there was a brief period in which the American flag bore 15 stripes. The Smithsonian reports that the Act of January 13, 1794, allowed for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.

Several LGBTQ celebrities and figures gave different opinions about what the American flag meant to them in a trailer for the ...

American flags are made from start to finish at Allied Materials, a factory in Missouri. The process includes cutting dyed ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

Cohan’s famous verse reminds us that a flag can call a nation back to its core values in times of distress. But, in a nation ...

According to the U.S. flag code, the U.S. flag should not be embroidered on things such as cushions or handkerchiefs and the ...

“The flag was really an afterthought,” says Scot Guenter, author of “The American Flag, 1777-1924” and a professor emeritus of American Studies at San Jose State University.

Standard American flags always have 13 stripes, as established in the original 1777 statute. Advertisement However, there was a brief period in which the American flag bore 15 stripes.

For the first time, our nation's American flag was flown in battle, on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Delaware. Here's the background.

The Stars and Stripes represents freedom and bravery. The flag represents equality and justice, and our ability as Americans to pursue happiness. We as Americans may have different viewpoints on what ...

Members of Boy Scout Troop 136, which is chartered through St. George Catholic Church, recently held a ceremony to retire ...