The American flag, also known as the Stars and Stripes, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating between red and white, and a blue rectangle in the canton (upper corner nearest the ...

By then it was obvious the idea of adding a stripe for each state was just not going to work. Consider, if you will, that the Fort McHenry flag was 42 feet long and 30 feet high, with each stripe ...

Introduced by Amber Hikes and the Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs in 2017, this version is an updated pride flag with black and brown stripes above the original rainbow colors. Here’s what ...

The Transgender Pride flag was designed by Monica Helms in 2000. The flag consists of five horizontal stripes: Two blue stripes representing the traditional color for baby boys, two pink stripes ...

Originally consisting of solely horizontal pink stripes, many have adopted a more recent flag that incorporates shades of orange to be more inclusive toward women who aren’t traditionally ...

June 14 is Flag Day.The national observance commemorates the adoption by Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, according to the National Flag Day ...

The current and most widely-accepted version of the aromantic flag contains five horizontal stripes in dark green, light green, white, gray, and black.

Several flag designs with 13 stripes were used in 1776 and 1777, until Congress established an official design on June 14, 1777 — now observed as Flag Day, according to the U.S. Department of ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...

The story of how NASA planted that famous flag on the moon. July 18, 2009— -- Tom Moser had no idea his top-secret project for the Apollo 11 lunar landing would be used by conspiracy ...