The Texas Historical Commission took over the site two years ago, so even if you’ve been to the house before they invite you ...

Between 1777 and 1960, the United States Congress passed several laws that changed the shape, design, and arrangement of the flag. The current version dates from 4 July 1960, after Hawaii had ...

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the first Flag Resolution, stating: “Resolved, That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the ...

Flag of the United States of America: ... In May 1863, the Confederacy introduced the Stainless Banner as its first official national flag, followed by a modified version in March 1865, ...

From the time the Continental Congress gave the stars and stripes its stamp of approval in 1777 amid the American Revolution, the flag of the United States of America has been an emblematic symbol ...

She is, of course, the flag of the United States of America. The Stars and Stripes originated because of a resolution adopted by the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress at ...

A t a time when President Donald Trump is implementing numerous potential changes to the United States government, people became aware of nine stars on American flags on official government ...

However, there was a brief period in which the American flag bore 15 stripes. The Smithsonian reports that the Act of January 13, 1794, allowed for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.

President Woodrow Wilson established National Flag Day on June 14, 1916, to commemorate the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. While the American Flag can ...

“Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you’ve never noticed”, a TED talk by Roman Mars, a podcaster, in 2015, shone a light on how awful many official flags are.

From the time the Continental Congress gave the stars and stripes its stamp of approval in 1777 amid the American Revolution, the flag of the United States of America has been an emblematic symbol ...