Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence July 4. Preparation for America 250 has been going on ...

Flags across Michigan, Massachusetts, and Maryland are flying at half-staff today following gubernatorial orders in each state. The practice of lowering flags is a solemn tradition intended to honor ...

Across the United States, flags will be flown at half-staff on May 25 as the national celebrates Memorial Day and honors the men and women who died in service to the nation. Politicians from around ...

Those of us who grew up a bit back, and some of our more contemporary friends, will remember that George M. Cohan song, "You’re A Grand Old Flag." A little bit about Cohan from Wikipedia: “George ...

Flags were at half-staff across Arizona and the United States on Sunday, May 3, and Monday, May 4, in honor of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day and Arizona Peace Officers Memorial Day. Since ...

On Wednesday evening, hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro ordered that all United States flags and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ...

On June 14, 1777, the delegates of the Second Continental Congress adopted a resolution declaring “that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be ...

The United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence July 4. Preparation for America 250 has been going on since 2016 and is finally coming to fruition with a countrywide ...