Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

With that said, keep reading for some fun and interesting American Flag facts. Folks across the nation will observe Memorial Day this May, and Flag Day follows shortly after on June 14.

Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Flying the American flag upside down is a symbol that has sparked debate and controversy in the United States. Traditionally ...

In mid-March 2025, a claim circulated online that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) had removed one or more pages ...

In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration fired a thousand staffers of the National Park Service as part of its efforts to trim the federal workforce. The cuts, which Trump's ...