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 ...
Because it's not a mark of disrespect to them; it's a mark of respect to the American flag. And they take it so seriously that it must always face forward. Now, on a flagpole that puts the stars ...
the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes as the Flag's Birthday. Cigrand, now known as the Father of Flag Day, continued to publicly advocate the observance of June ...
Q. An owner in our condominium building has placed two flags in his windows. One is the traditional stars and stripes (13 Stripes, 50 stars). The other is the Betsy Ross Colonial flag with 13 stripes ...
the Irish Citizen Army Flag, of the Plough and the Stars, was flown over the Imperial Hotel. Connolly’s choice to fly the ‘starry plough’ not above the GPO but across the road above the ...