The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

The flags trace the evolution of revolutionary thought as the colonists began to take up arms against the British. The earliest flags of rebellion include British colors and symbols. In 1775, ...

On an overcast Saturday morning, Union Jack and American flag banners fluttered in the breeze as “God Save the King” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” rang out across Reamstown Memorial Park ...

The British noted that the American merchant marine, as one of the few neutral parties left in the game, was doing rather well out of the war: Tonnage between 1802 and 1810 almost doubled from ...