In 1782, Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Congress, described the meaning of the flag’s colours, while drafting the Great Seal of the United States: White: Purity and innocence ...

The Flag Act of 1777: The Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act on June 14, 1777, with the following resolution: "Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes ...

You can debate whether the Confederate flag is a symbol of racism. But the one thing you can’t dispute: The Confederate flag was flown by traitors to the United States of America who slaughtered ...

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress resolved that our flag shall consist of 13 alternating red and white stripes, and a blue field of 13 white stars representing the American colonies.

Every year on June 14, the United States celebrates the flag and its historical significance. Though Flag Day is not a federal holiday, people may choose to commemorate the day by flying flags ...

“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.