The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

This flag feature of the map was added right before it left for England in June 1608, and it was received by the Spanish sometime later that year. For years, archaeologists thought it was just a flag.

This flag feature of the map was added right before it left for England in June 1608, and it was received by the Spanish sometime later that year. For years, archaeologists thought it was just a flag.

It's a memory I return to on this Flag Day, even as that symbol of a nation indivisible has somehow become divisive, politicized like everything else in modern-day America. Read it: Old Glory ...