In the film, Pvt. Trip, grabs an American flag from a fallen soldier and carries it forward. In the movie’s climactic moment, he holds the flag aloft as Confederate cannons fire at the attacking ...

MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (WIFR) - After years of serving the community, Miss Glory, the truck used by volunteer veterans to replace worn American flags, has officially settled into a new home. The ...

“I feel that it’s an insult to America and to the American flag,” Caruso said at the time. “A flag flapping is really not a danger.” Caruso fought the ticket in court, and on June 16 it was dismissed ...

The Reverence for Old Glory that Inspired Flag Day Arose Decades After Betsy Ross Sewed Her First The U.S. Capitol is seen past American flags on the National Mall, Friday, June 6, 2025, on the ...

Onlookers watch in the dark during Monday evening’s flag burning ceremony held by American Legion Post 182 out of New Palestine. Hundreds of worn American flags were properly disposed of by fire.

The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War, when the need to keep the banner aloft in battle led the Union army to treat the deadly job of flag bearer as a ...