Before the days of the rainbow flag, members of the queer community often used subtle ways to hint to their queerness. Other political symbols didn’t seek to encompass the entire community, reflected ...

Every year in June, rainbow flags emerge on the façades of homes and businesses to celebrate Pride. The market for rainbow party favors and rainbow novelty clothing booms. In the other months of the ...

In 2025, Americans saw the Stars and Stripes symbolically lowered to half-staff several times as a sign of mourning. This ...

The U.S. flag was adopted on this day in history, June 14, 1777 — a day that would become known as "Flag Day" more than a century later. A symbol of freedom to many throughout history, the American ...

Religious scholar Matthew Taylor explains the history behind the "Appeal To Heaven" flag, which was flown outside U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's beach house. Ships raised this flag during ...

USA, — Each June 14, Americans honor one of the nation's most enduring symbols through Flag Day observances that trace their roots to a pivotal moment in revolutionary history. The holiday stems from ...

Since 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. The design was likely intended to “preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive ...