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You need more than just a flaming-hot grill to make your Fourth of July party memorable. Here are five ways to get into the ...
It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue ...
On this day 246 years ago, Congress created our national flag by commemorating Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes. There have been a total of 27 variations in flag design over the years ...
A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars ...
Weddings, graduations, early summer trips — so many things happen this time of year that Flag Day is often an afterthought. I’m speaking to myself here as much as anyone else. Sports ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — 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 ...
Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. While observed nationally, Flag Day is not a federal holiday, though Pennsylvania recognizes it as a state holiday. Flag Day ...
The 14th is also Flag Day and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. The flag can’t replace protest signs. But it complements and amplifies them. The demonstrations send a message that even as ...
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a deal that could shake up pennant races on both coasts. Devers’ agent, Nelson Montes de Oca ...
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Madeline Burk, portraying Betsy Ross, holds a flag as it is hoisted up at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) A morale ...