The now common phrase dates back to a 19th century ship captain whose American flag traveled the world The American flag got its nickname "Old Glory" from 19th-century sea captain William Driver After ...

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 Saturday's ...

OLD SAYBROOK, CT (WFSB) - A gentleman in Old Saybrook shows his patriotism every single day by waving an American flag on Route 1. Lennell Holloman, also known as “Flag Man”, is a bright light on the ...

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Love it, hate it or yawn at it, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that brought up ...

For Christopher Benjamin, it all began with a couple of discarded American flags, tossed into a container at a landfill in St ...

Overland Park is set to replace what flag experts had ranked as one of the worst city flags with a new design that evokes the city’s park identity. The old flag features a plain, white background with ...