CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – As America celebrates its 250th birthday, one United States flag is making a journey across the nation. On Wednesday morning in the West Virginia House of Delegates chamber, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even flags need to be laid to rest properly — and in this country, that's no more true than of the American flag itself. On ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – More than 20,000 American flags have been rescued from trash cans and collected from drop-off boxes throughout St. Johns County, thanks to a collaboration between veterans and ...

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office hosted a Sojourn Flag 250 flag-raising ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Sojourn Flag 250 is an initiative to fly the same American flag in every U.S. state, ...

Katie Ledecky and Nick Mead will lead Team USA as flag bearers during the Closing Ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday. Ledecky earned four swimming medals in Paris, bringing her career ...

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jason Mangone will be the keynote speaker at the annual Spirit of Princeton Flag Day ceremony on June 13. The ceremony starts at noon at the Princeton Municipal Complex plaza ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Scouts from Sterling’s Pack 19 performed a flag retirement ceremony Saturday, June 14, in honor of ...

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.

On one side of the Capitol grounds, Carson City residents on Saturday expressed their rights protesting the federal government, while on the other side of the grounds at the Veterans Plaza several ...

June 14 marked the annual flag retirement ceremony in Provo, where the community gathered to retire old, out-of-service United States flags and kick off the Freedom Festival. The community observed ...