Just a quick question, though: do you know how many stars and ... on most American flags you'll see in public! These stripes switch between red and white on every other line, stacked on top ...

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

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 basic story here is simple enough: they are taking down the Star-Spangled Banner, the giant American flag that hangs in the National Museum of American History, for a three-year conservation ...