Business Insider spoke with Tim Marshall, author of "Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags" about why the white flag is used as a symbol of surrender worldwide. He said: "It's instantly ...

Every country has a flag to represent it. In the United States, Old Glory's familiar red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes ...

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 ...

The country’s first official flag to fly over Greek land, not sea, was a stark white cross over a deep blue background. The ...