Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-government protestors use the American flag to draw attention to their cause at a protest on Aug. 8, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio.

In the immediate months and years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, surveys revealed a surge in patriotism among Americans of all stripes. But that trend has steadily decreased in the ...

It is not a federal holiday. It is not traditionally a day off for workers or an excuse for a family barbecue. But today is officially Flag Day in the United States, an opportunity to examine that ...

When Afghanistan War veteran Joseph Smith saw NFL players take a knee or raise a fist during the playing of the national anthem last month, he wasn't offended — he was proud. Where some saw it as ...

What does it mean to be patriotic? Often, we associate patriotism with images of American flags, fireworks, anthems and eagles. But patriotism runs deeper than those symbols. Apart from the Olympics, ...

When critics challenge Barack Obama’s patriotism, his supporters have a ready reply: True patriotism has nothing to do with little flags on politicians’ lapels. It’s not about symbols; it’s about ...

SAN FRANCISCO-The oldest Latino civil rights group in the United States opens every meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance, a tradition resulting from a long fight to prove Hispanics belong in this ...

Coast Transit Authority buses now have a new addition. CTA is putting signs of the American flag on all 40 of its fixed and special-route buses. Executive Director Reid Hopper says the flags proudly ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Patriots’ Day, a commemoration of the battles of Lexington and Concord – the first confrontations of the American Revolution – holds historical value as a symbol of American ...