Flag Day celebrates the symbolism and history of the American flag on June 14. The U.S. has celebrated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes in a variety of ways when President Woodrow Wilson ...

Flag Day celebrates the symbolism and history of the American flag on June 14. The U.S. has celebrated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes in a variety of ways when President Woodrow Wilson ...

The History of Flag Day. The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, ...

Weather signal flags grew out of the use of the maritime signal flag, which was red, with a black square inside. Starting in 1871, this flag was used at 20 ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts ...

President Harry S. Truman, on this day in history, May 8, 1945, announced to the American people that Germany's forces had surrendered in World War II — marking the end of the war in Europe.

The yellow-starred standard is most commonly associated with the EU, but it has a much longer history — and some Europeans seem to despise it. Few flags the world over are as recognisable as the ...

This flag is believed to be the first American flag brought into the European theater of war during World War II. The 133rd Infantry Regiment, based in Waterloo, were the first American troops to ...

Over time, the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade and European colonization scattered peoples of African descent through a system of displacement, relocation and separation from their families ...

Flag Day celebrates the symbolism and history of the American flag on June 14. The U.S. has celebrated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes in a variety of ways when President Woodrow Wilson ...