Veterans and the community marked Independence Day with the annual Fourth of July Freedom Ruck March, honoring those who have ...

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

It’s a day filled with flags, food, and fireworks — and here in Helena, families came out in full force to celebrate the ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman.

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

In her exhibition "We Are the People," artist Scooter Morris shows her stripes through works that incorporate flags as a ...

The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday's modern Flag Day.

The Reverence for Old Glory That Inspired Flag Day Arose Decades After Betsy Ross Sewed Her First TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the ...

The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War, when the need to keep the banner aloft in battle led the Union army to treat the deadly job of flag bearer as a ...