There will be an invocation, a guest speaker, a three-volley rifle salute, Taps, and the bagpiper playing "Amazing Grace." ...

The Little Mermaid Camp with Ariel and Her Friends: Ages 5 – 8, June 9: Each day will consist of a ballet class, mermaid ...

One popular idea about the proper way to eat pasta in Italy is actually a common misconception that reveals many a visiting ...

Indoor birthday party places are the way to go for DC-area children with winter birthdays. After all, you can escape the cold ...

The U.S. State Department’s “ One Flag Policy ” mandates that only the American flag — except for specific instances, such as ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

The U.S. flag code says American flags should not be displayed upside-down except as a signal of “dire distress,” but free ...

In a proclamation issued Dec. 29, Biden ordered flags across the U.S. to be flown at half-staff for 3 days "in honor and tribute to the memory of President James Earl Carter Jr. and as an expression ...

The president said Democrats were "all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my ...

"Representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall make similar arrangements for the display of the flag at half‑staff over their embassies, legations, consular offices ...

More recently, VERIFY reader Janet and a poster on Reddit asked if it was illegal to fly an American flag upside down. Flying the American flag upside down, barring an emergency, goes against the ...