In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, flags are rarer ...

RUGBY, England—Stuart Field raised his first flags in July: the English red cross of St. George and also a smattering of the British red, white and blue, hanging them from his hometown’s streetlights.

A March 17 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows the Union Jack flying at half-mast on a rooftop. "BREAKING: Reports that the Union Flag is flying at half-mast at some Government Buildings ...