The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

When Old Glory gets really old or worn out, St. Johns County is ready with collection boxes and the correct way to dispose of American flags.

So in 2019 he began the American Flag Rescue Program with the aim of giving St. Johns County residents a respectful — and correct — way of retiring old flags, those that had become faded or ...

Old Glory, the famous flag belonging to sea captain William Driver during the Civil War, is part of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's collection.

Old Glory wasn't always that glorious. As Americans celebrate Flag Day on June 14, it's important to note that this country's flag's design was in flux for more than 100 years, and it's a mere 150 ...

The American flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore in September 1814 had 15 stars and 15 stripes, each representing a state in the still-fledgling United States. During a battle with the ...

Driver, who was a Unionist, named an American flag made by his mother “Old Glory.” The nickname has remained with the flag even since. Driver, who died in 1886, ...

However, there was a brief period in which the American flag bore 15 stripes. The Smithsonian reports that the Act of January 13, 1794, allowed for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.

If you have an old American flag sitting somewhere in your house, a Baltimore County teen wants it -- not to keep, but to burn.Jack Callahan, 17, knows a lot about the American flag.

Mercer is adjutant of the veterans group American Legion Post 594 in Warner Robins. “The flag was something that we saluted, not because we had to, but it gave us a sense of pride to say, 'This ...

The American flag is suffering from some unfortunate whiplash lately. It seems everywhere you look, Old Glory is being tossed upside down as soon as someone becomes politically outraged.

Detroit Lakes, Crosslake, Pequot Lakes and Babbitt are some of the rural communities opposed to the redesigned state flag.