The British government responded by closing the port of Boston, and by April 1775, British and American forces had clashed at Lexington and Concord. Thirteen American colonies united to form a ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

The American flag can and should be a symbol of hope to people for a future of liberty and justice, for America and people in ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

An Oklahoma community expressed outrage after a high school student was banned from flying the American flag on his truck. The decision sparked a patriotic protest from students and parents ...

No matter who you ask, everyone has an opinion on the American flag. The United States flag has a nearly 250-year history as ...

British and American forces intercepted a narco-sub carrying $209 million in cocaine in the Caribbean. Military photos show the Royal Marines, along with US Coast Guard personnel, busting the drug ...

It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and ...

Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Austin Lee, who is 33, oversees the raising of the iconic Texas and American flags at the Austin–area speedway as its ...

British American Tobacco stock has outperformed the S&P 500 since our latest coverage in May, prompting a re-evaluation of its key drivers. Despite an interim pullback in organic revenue ...

“Has anyone else noticed that the only American Flags at the DNC are the ones being burned outside in front of building?” the post reads. The post was liked more than 600 times in four day ...

I was 12 and I saw adults crying with joy and relief. Then I saw it: an oily American flag on the stern of an old American tanker. I had not seen an American flag flying freely for at least two years.