Lois Schaefer, Bottineau, senior vice president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Department of North Dakota, gives ...

Memorial Day began as Decoration Day in 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War. Then it was formalized by an order ...

But many people still don't know that Memorial Day has its own flag traditions and etiquette in the United States. The U.S. Flag Code is not what you might think of as a typical law, in that it's ...

Three Perryville Girl Scouts earned the Silver Award for their project teaching flag etiquette, history and respect, ...

We often show respect by displaying flags on Memorial Day, but many don’t know the special flag traditions and etiquette for the day.

According to guidelines from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon on Memorial Day to signify a period of mourning. In the ...

This Memorial Day weekend, a local veterans organization held a special retirement ceremony for worn and torn American flags.

US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack raises the American flag at the US ambassador's residence in ...