Independence Day is a quintessential American holiday and the flag is its most visible symbol, but many Americans are unaware ...

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The largely peaceful protests during the "No Kings Day" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles took an intense turn in the ...

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin was all for declaring “No Kings” in the nation, but the optics of a social media post spe volumes. The Maryland lawmaker touted […] ...

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 ...

When the American flag is flown upside down — that is, with the union (the blue field with stars) at the bottom instead of the top — it is traditionally recognized as a signal of distress.

When Frank Schissler died more than two decades ago in Arkansas, a 5-foot-by-9.5-foot flag was tightly folded in the traditional triangular military style and presented to his son, Tom. Frank ...

The Supreme Court and Old Glory were linked in controversy more recently, when photographs surfaced of a flag flown upside-down from a pole at Justice Samuel Alito’s home in January 2020.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was also found to have an upside down flag flying outside of one of his homes after the insurrection by Trump supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The origins of the upside-down flag, or union down, came from ships at sea as a call to signal their distress, according to the Free Speech Center. When is Flag Day 2025? Flag Day June 14 every year.