US flags ordered to fly at half-staff in two states today, this weekend

A violent attack, military crash, and deaths of public figures trigger multiple U.S. half‑staff flag orders in Ohio and Iowa.

Upside-down American flag at Minnesota Somali celebration sparks community chaos: 'Unfathomable'

Video shows an American flag flying upside down at a Somali Independence Day event in St. Cloud, Minn., sparking outrage and ...

Each American flag starts with thread. Here’s how they’re made.

At Valley Forge Flag Co., outside Charleston, S.C. — one of a handful of large-scale American flag manufacturers — workers ...

American flags are everywhere this weekend. But the symbol has become politicized to a degree unseen before.

The flag is the quintessential emblem of the United States. But as the country marks its founding, the flag also has become ...

Here's the history of the huge US flag on NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building

The massive American flag on NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building is a patriotic icon, but its 1976 bicentennial origin story ...

'The View' co-host Sunny Hostin laments 'I suddenly feel unsafe' in neighborhoods with American flags

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin repeated her 2021 claim that she feels unsafe in neighborhoods flying American flags, saying ...

A U.S. flag, Oregon’s early days and the woman who sewed them together

For 165 years, the first U.S. flag flown in the state of Oregon has seen exactly what time does to fabric. The blue of the ...

A 48-star US flag, the size of a single bedroom apartment, has draped a Minnesota community in red, white and blue mystery

While cleaning for their annual fair, among the cobwebs and dust, community members in Waseca County, Minnesota, spotted an ...

How Bruce Springsteen took back the American flag

Long Walk Home” was released in 2007 on the Springsteen album “Magic.” The track was prescient in its exploration of the role of community, patriotism, and the flag in the United States. The themes ...