This red-white-red combination is believed to have been the inspiration for the nation’s flag. The flag has been in use since 1191, and was re-adopted after World War II on May 1, 1945.

June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...

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 ...

Baker saw the rainbow as a natural flag from the sky, so he adopted eight colors for the stripes, each with its own meaning: hot pink for sex, red for life ... and demisexuality (grey), sexuality ...

The 2000 presidential election cemented the color-coded nature of political parties. Prior to that race, the colors were ...

Thus, red also signified proximity to the royal court, wealth and power. A white eagle on a red background was also present on heraldic flags. The symbol of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a ...

Some interpret the red, white and blue stripes as the highways that will take the scattered Assyrians back to their ancestral homeland. Above the blue star is the image of the Assyrian god Assur, who ...

when the Continental Congress determined the composition of the nation’s banner," calling for a flag of 13 red and white ...

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A timely group show in Chelsea considers the theme of the American flag in 90-plus variations on the Stars and Stripes.

Dana White's Power Slap has quickly become one of the most contentious UFC-related products in recent memory. Debuting in ...