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 ...

such as the Australian flag featuring five white stars and a larger "commonwealth" star and the New Zealand flag featuring ...

Everywhere she went in the United States, she saw Stars and Stripes flags. It was surreal to her. She asked an employee of the Japanese consulate general for red and white fabrics and scissors.

The Hawaiian flag and the Lone Star Flag are the only two state flags that served as the flag of an independent nation. The ...