What do you really know about the good ol’ U.S. of A.? Take this state flag quiz to test your patriotic smarts.

Cigrand, now known as the Father of Flag Day, continued to publicly advocate the observance of June 14 as the flag's birthday, or "Flag Day," for years. Just a few years later, the efforts of ...

Our nation’s American flag was flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, according to History.com.

June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...

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 ...

This bears the coat of arms of Westminster Abbey, and is flown during a State Visit on the day when the Head of State visits the Grave of The Unknown Warrior. The Union Flag is flown on Remembrance ...

At first, winds were persistent, and a yellow flag was raised. A family was just about to head out when they were stopped. A woman approached the young girl with them and asked for help to switch ...

was stunned to find that our flag was still there on this day in history, Sept. 14, 1814. The Baltimore attorney, in a fit of patriotic fervor after witnessing the relentless naval attack on his ...

What should you do with it when a storm is coming? And who wrote poems about it? Worthy of its very own Polish National Flag Day, let us tell you everything you ever wanted to know about one of Poland ...

The American flag is supposed to stand for something much different: “One nation under God, indivisible, with freedom and justice for all.” The country did not live up to that promise during ...

It's part of the law passed by Congress in December 2001 designating Patriot Day. The American flag will fly at half-staff when the country or a state is in mourning, according to USA.gov.