Before the iconic Stars & Stripes, there were dozens of alternate American flag designs—some beautiful, some strange, all rejected. In this video, I explore 12 flag designs that were proposed but ...

As any patriotic American knows, the current design of the US flag is codified by a 1948 executive order specifying that it features 13 stripes, representing the original colonies, and a number of ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

The Museum of the American Revolution shows how the shifting ideals of American liberty can be traced in the historic flags ...

F1 fans must have always seen how the American flag on US race cars appears to be in the wrong way. You must wonder if it ...

The Illinois state flag design. AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, ...

The American flag on US race cars is intentionally reversed to symbolize forward movement. This design follows United States Flag Code and is also seen on airplanes and NASA spacecraft.