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 ...

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.

The American flag goes by many names — Old Glory, ... The last two iterations, the 48- and 50-star versions, have been in use the longest. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Amanda Hunt) 3.

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 ...

On a cold winters day fitting for the occasion, Alaska became an official “United State” on January 3, 1959, however, you ...

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 the latest YouGov/Economist survey, more than two-thirds of GOP respondents, 68%, said they own an American flag at home, while 37% of Democrats said the same. Among respondents overall, 51% said ...

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".