The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War, when the need to keep the banner aloft in battle led the Union army to treat the deadly job of flag bearer as a ...

The Reverence for Old Glory That Inspired Flag Day Arose Decades After Betsy Ross Sewed Her First TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the ...