Before the iconic Stars & Stripes, there were dozens of alternate American flag designs—some beautiful, some strange, all rejected. In this video, I explore 12 flag designs that were proposed but ...

WASHINGTON — One of the capital’s newest curiosities is an American flag bearing 51 stars rather than the regulation 50. The unusual take on the Stars and Stripes went up across Lafayette Park from ...

July 4 may mark the most famous anniversary in American history, but another defining moment for the fledgling nation comes a few weeks earlier. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress officially ...

June 14 will be chock-full of patriotic celebrations, not only because it is the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 79th birthday, but also due to Saturday being Flag Day. The ...

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