You might think Americans wouldn’t care much about what’s on their state flags. But studying state identities has taught me ...

As a scholar of 19th-century American photography, I’ve looked at countless old photographs: the carefully labeled portraits ...

In the case of Pope Francis, “the president may order the flag to be flown at half-staff to mark the death of other officials, former officials, or foreign dignitaries,” according to the VA. “In ...

At the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, a new exhibition has gathered together 17 historic flags that ...