The U.S. flag isn’t just stars and stripes—throughout history, America has flown some rare, obscure, and downright unusual flags. From forgotten state designs to quirky historical variants ...

A curtain would fall to reveal it, filling an entire wall of the National Museum of American History's great lobby at the Mall entrance. It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over ...

In the summer of 1889, a 29-year-old American artist with an unusual name ... he adapted their style to make vivid paintings of distinctly American subjects. His choice of contemporary scenes ...

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 ...