The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

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 president’s most important job, as the sole steward of America’s nuclear arsenal, is to prevent nuclear war. And a ...

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 woman often credited with sewing the first national US flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern Flag Day.

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.

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.