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The Grave marker of sea captain William Driver, who coined the "Old Glory" nickname in reference to his own oceangoing flag. [1] The 24-star variant of the flag, which was the national flag at the time of Driver's voyage and the first US flag to be called 'Old Glory', a term Driver coined in 1831. [1]
From its origins amid the American Revolution to the nightmare of 9/11, learn about the milestones marked by the red, white and blue of the American flag.
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
Before you go to hang Old Glory, you should know that there are specific directives for Memorial Day and rules on flying the American flag at half-staff. So, if you need a refresher before showing ...
The flag we fly today is not how it appeared two centuries ago. The original flag, created in 1776, was designed with 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 American colonies.
The "Birthplace of Old Glory", a 1909 photograph of Betsy Ross House The gravestone of Betsy Ross and her third husband John Claypoole in the Betsy Ross House complex. Over the years, various structural changes and general wear and tear left the house in dire need of restoration.
The Soiling of Old Glory, by Stanley Forman. The Soiling of Old Glory is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken by Stanley Forman during the Boston busing crisis in 1976. [1] It depicts a white teenager, Joseph Rakes, assaulting a black man—lawyer and civil rights activist Ted Landsmark—with a flagpole bearing the American flag (also ...
Flag Day marks the day, 246 years ago, when Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes as our national American flag. Here's how to display a U.S. flag.