World’s Weirdest Flags (Part 4)
With more than 200 sovereign countries (most of which have subdivisions such as states, provinces, oblasts, etc.) and an estimated two million cities and towns, […]
Month: February 2016
The American Flag: Post Revolutionary War to today
While the American flag’s foundation was laid during the American Revolutionary War, the country’s growth, vague laws, and new precedents allowed the flag to evolve […]
The myth and legend of Betsy Ross
There are certain facts and stories about historical figures that Americans have grown up with: George Washington cutting down his father’s cherry tree, Albert Einstein […]
America’s first “Stars and Stripes”
The first stars and stripes variant of the U.S. flag was approved on June 14 when the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution of […]