Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See blog for pointers on U.S. Flag Code, or learn more about the Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's ...

Catch a glimpse of an American flag on a race car ... star-filled plane taking up the left side of the flag, with the red and white stripes moving to the right. Now imagine that you’re standing ...

In the rural Midwest where I live, the sight of an American flag flapping ... with the familiar canton of blue with white stars and field of alternating red and white stripes, but with the fly ...