Conde Nast Traveler recently challenged 50 people, one from each state in the U.S., to describe their state flag from memory. The results were encouraging! Texas, California, and Maryland might be ...

While some countries use the term half-mast to describe the partial raising of flags on land, the United States uses the phrase to describe flags on ships only. Half-staff is used to describe ...

You might have heard about presidents ordering American flags flown at half-staff on all federal properties to acknowledge certain holidays or world events, but do you know why the practice is in ...