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 ...
In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used. The principal acts affecting the flag of the United States are the following: ...
I don’t understand terrorism or war at all,” she said. Everywhere she went in the United States, she saw Stars and Stripes flags. It was surreal to her. She asked an employee of the Japanese ...
The flag included a blue star for every immediate family member serving in the armed forces of the United States, during any period of war or hostilities in which the armed forces of the United ...
The upper lefthand corner where the US flag currently has 50 stars in a blue square had that same blue square. It had seven, eleven, or thirteen white stars in a circular configuration.
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 ...
He said that the US 'Stars and Stripes' flag is the principal flag the military is encouraged to display. Other flags "must accord with the military imperatives of good order and discipline ...
“In many countries, when there is a change of government, the flag design often changes too.” “In the US, the number of stars on the flag increased as more states joined, so the flag was ...
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 ...