After almost two centuries, the flag's frail state became plain. The icon's new high-tech home ... of the Star-Spangled Banner Project at the National Museum of American History.

It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over Baltimore's Fort McHenry on a hot summer night in 1814. "Was," because this object at hand, the original Star-Spangled Banner, is no longer ...

This Monday, June 14, is Flag Day. We encourage everyone to fly their American flag high, not just on this day but every day. The American flag has long been a symbol of pride for this country.