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The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...
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 reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with ... It set the now-familiar 13 alternating horizontal stripes of red and ...
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.
The summer season, featuring both Flag Day and Independence Day, gives every American the chance to celebrate and honor this ...
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. Betsy Ross may have been puzzled by ...
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.