V eterans Day, observed every year on November 11, honors and celebrates those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Displaying the American flag on this day is a meaningful way to honor ...
Ensure you're honoring the Stars and Stripes correctly! Learn the proper ways to handle, display, and dispose of the American flag, especially on significant days like Memorial Day. Show your ...
It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue field ...
TWIN FALLS, Idaho • Local veterans say the most common mistreatment of the U.S. flag is flying it while dirty or frayed, but the flag is mishandled in plenty of other ways, too. Here are some Boy ...
With more and more people flying or displaying the American flag, here’s a reminder of how to handle it properly: * The flag should be raised briskly and lowered slowly and ceremoniously. * Ordinarily ...
On this day 246 years ago, Congress created our national flag by commemorating Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes. There have been a total of 27 variations in flag design over the years, as ...
My long-ago Girl Scout troop leader was the former commandant of a women’s military brigade. She taught us rules for displaying, storing and disposing of the American flag that are still tattooed on ...
Memorial Day, a national day of remembrance, is a time to honor and mourn the U.S. military personnel who died in service to their country. It's a solemn day of reflection and gratitude. One of the ...
More and more, we notice a lot of people don't know how to display the American flag. Wednesday is Flag Day, so we though we'd share these tips. When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting from ...
Councilman Roy Christensen was a Boy Scout and a military officer. So he noticed right away that the American flag and the city flag were not being displayed properly in Lincoln's City Council ...
The White House lowered flags to half-staff after the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney, California leadership also ...
CLERMONT, Fla. – The Clermont City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance that eliminates most flagpole height restrictions, effectively allowing the controversial Camping World Stadium’s ...