The 48-star flag is an understated legend. While we all love Alaska and Hawaii, the United States became back-to-back World War champions when the Stars and Stripes had only 48 stars.

The flag is nicknamed the “Stars and Stripes,” “Old Glory” or “The Star-Spangled Banner.” This is first United States postage stamp to feature the flag as the sole subject. United States; flag; old ...

This 1940 usage of a patriotic cachet preceded the United States entry into the war by almost a year -- see the Easton, Pennsylvania postmark of December 4, 1940. A three-cent United States Scott 901 ...

A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, according to the Smithsonian, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white ...

“Resolved, that the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field representing a new constellation,” the resolution read.

TULSA, Okla. — June 14 is a special holiday for the country. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States. In honor of the day, the Tulsa Veterans for Foreign Wars (VFW) Post ...