Blue symbolizes justice, perseverance and vigilance for America to protect its freedoms despite challenges like wars and civil unrest. The blue in the flag reflects the nation’s resilience and ...

As “No Kings Day” reminds us, “The flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to us.” But at most anti-Trump protests, flags have been absent or marginal. I counted one when several thousand ...

The riots that kicked off in Los Angeles last weekend aren't just about illegal immigration -- they're part of a ...

June 14 marks the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress officially adopted the Stars and Stripes as our national flag. Though President Woodrow Wilson established Flag Day by proclamation in 1916, ...

President Woodrow Wilson borrowed the idea of Flag Day from a small-town Wisconsin school teacher.In 1885, Bernard Cigrand ...

The design of the American flag as we know it today has deep historical roots, particularly involving Betsy Ross and the ...

The Bridgeport Elks Lodge 714 hosted its annual Flag Day Ceremony at the Elks Lodge in Bridgeport, Saturday, June 7.  The ...

On June 14, more than 1,000 local demonstrations will challenge President Donald Trump’s North Korean-style military parade for his birthday with our defense of democracy.

America is nearing the 250th anniversary of its revolutionary birth, the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 2026, will mark a milestone – and a time for reflection. Yet as fascination with America’s ...

“For years, we did the flag raising on August 24th out here,” said De Luca. August 24 is Ukraine’s Independence Day, ...

Someone on the museum staff having a bad day ... independence, while also including the voices and experiences of women, enslaved and free African Americans, and Indigenous people. “The flag ...

Kids wave flags on a float during the annual Greek Independence Day parade on Sunday along South Halsted Street in Greektown. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) People wave from the American ...