ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — This week is National Flag Week, and old and tattered American Flags need to be retired properly. There are two drop-off locations in Rockford this week: at Veterans Memorial ...

In honor of Memorial Day, the City of Jacksonville’s Military Affairs and Veterans Department is offering a new, convenient way to retire old or worn American Flags. A drop box is now in place outside ...

As a Girl Scout for most of my childhood years, there were certain rules, regulations and etiquette I learned about the American flag. For instance, it should never touch the ground. And, when it ...

After I mounted an American flag on our front porch several years ago to mark the Fourth of July, the Stars and Stripes looked so grand that my family and I decided to keep them up for good. Seeing ...

15-year-old Eagle Scout candidate James Haney installed a flag retirement receptacle in Exeter, New Hampshire. Haney raised $2,000 for the project through donations and fundraising. Worn flags will be ...

Cloquet’s BSA Scout Troop 171 is willing to dispose of worn and tattered American flags in a manner consistent with the United States Flag Code. According to the flag code, a flag, “when it is in such ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s ...

FARGO — A group of local veterans is spreading patriotism across the state with a two-day motorcycle ride and flag exchange ahead of Flag Day. The Fargo chapter of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle ...