Variations on the theme have surfaced among longtime NATO allies in Europe, one-party and authoritarian states and history's ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing ...

Inspired by the sight of the American flag after battle, Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Its vivid imagery captured the spirit of survival, symbolizing the nation's push for ...

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear ...

On 5 May 1945, a few days after Hitler’s suicide, American soldiers under command of US Army Captain John C. "Jack" Lee, Jr.