His defiant flying of it—from his Nashville, Tennessee, household during the midst of the conflict— made national ... one little flag, four by three.” The flag was originally designed ...

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 ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

A curtain would fall to reveal it, filling an entire wall of the National Museum of American History's great lobby at the Mall entrance. It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over ...

When did the Polish flag appear? What colour is it actually? What is the proper way to display it? What should you do with it when a storm is coming? And who wrote poems about it? Worthy of its very ...

The two magnificent west towers above the Great West Door were constructed from Portland stone between 1722 and 1745 to a design ... flags - of the Commonwealth Nations, the Flag of St Peter, the ...

Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote ... “State Sovereignty, National Union.” In 1970, “Illinois” in block letters was added at ...