The history of the United States flag dates back centuries, to the time of the revolution when American colonists sought to separate from the British Empire. However, for more than 245 years, the flag ...

Four years ago, the Star reported on a Fourth of July display of a large “Betsy Ross” flag on the porch of the late Bernard Vash and Elizabeth Couse. In the story, Vash claimed the flag was known ...

This week, Nike is halting distribution of a new sneaker featuring the "Betsy Ross" American flag, which features 13 stars in a circle for the original 13 states. This week, Nike is halting ...

June 14th is Flag Day, celebrating the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress passed a resolution setting out the basic design of the American Flag. And someone, somewhere, had to make the very ...

The U.S. Capitol is seen past American flags on the National Mall, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Washington, D.C. TOPEKA — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request ...

In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a Chippendale side chair and ...

Flagmaker Betsy Ross is embraced as one of the most popular figures of the American Revolution. The young Philadelphia seamstress stitched the original Old Glory in the summer of 1776 at the request ...

A Tennessee minor league baseball team has waded into the controversy over recalled "Betsy Ross flag" Nikes. “Nine Line Apparel, along with relentlessly patriotic Americans everywhere, cannot believe ...

Q. An owner in our condominium building has placed two flags in his windows. One is the traditional stars and stripes (13 Stripes, 50 stars). The other is the Betsy Ross Colonial flag with 13 stripes ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s ...

The morning was breezy and the sun shining as I drove into Humble on my first day on the job as the new Observer editor. I was so inspired by what I saw as I drove down Main Street headed to our ...