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

Dixie also sells the flags of nations and territories around the world. Visitors can see those as soon as they walk into the ...

It’s a day filled with flags, food, and fireworks — and here in Helena, families came out in full force to celebrate the ...

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

Also intriguing is the fact that the Peabody Essex Museum’s card catalog contains other “remnants” of flags purporting to be pieces of Old Glory, gifts from various donors.

In Betsy Ross' day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield smoke and noise. The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from ...