Memorial Day, the federal holiday honoring people who have died while serving in the United States military, is Monday. Ceremonies and parades take place across Greater Cincinnati to recognize the ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Sandwiched between two more popular national holidays, Flag Day does not get nearly the same fanfare of barbecues, beer and a day off, as Memorial Day and Independence Day. But the ...

If you're putting a flag up, here are a couple of things to remember: 1. Traditional guidelines call for displaying the flag in public only from sunrise to sunset. Sunset right now is around 8:30 p.m.

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 field ...

I feel compelled to write this letter to editor after several ‘years’ of watching “our flag” being ripped apart and displayed wrong by, what I feel are, ‘wannabe patriots’! I am hoping, once their ...

Councilman Roy Christensen was a Boy Scout and a military officer. So he noticed right away that the American flag and the city flag were not being displayed properly in Lincoln's City Council ...

With Independence Day coming up, people are decorating with flags and other articles of red, white and blue. It’s important to display and handle the U.S. flag properly. When being displayed, the flag ...

SERGEANT BLUFF | Stretched out on a table, the American flag's blue field has faded to such a dull shade that the white stars no longer jump out from its fabric. The red and white stripes have begun ...

The flag of the United States has had several different nicknames over the years. “Stars and Stripes” and “Old Glory” are two of the names the flag has had since the initial flag was adopted in 1777.

For more than three months the American flag at the La Plata County baseball concession building waved its tattered and torn fabric for all to see; our citizens and tourists alike. I had high hopes, ...

Memorial Day is a time of patriotism for many. That means displaying a clean, crisp American Flag in locations like cemeteries and homes, but what is the etiquette in doing so? The federal holiday on ...