Marco Rubio has wisely reinstated the State Department's One Flag Policy, which bars U.S. embassies from flying anything but ...

First codified in 1923 by, I shit you not, the National Americanism Commission, the Flag Code was officially written into law ...

As any patriotic American knows, the current design of the US flag is codified by a 1948 executive order specifying that it ...

(Vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags.) Matthew Ward is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Dundee in Scotland. He notes that the American flag is ...

When are flags flown at half-staff? There are specific holidays and events for which flags are flown at half-staff in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website.