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For several days, the US flag has been flying half-staff in New Jersey as the nation mourned the death of former vice president Dick Cheney, the "War on Terror" architect who turned President Donald ...

On Tuesday, November 11, flags were lowered to half-mast in several states in the United States. Flags have been lowered to half-staff in states like Texas, Iowa, New Jersey and others to honor former ...

On Aug. 25, 2025, Trump signed an executive order titled "Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag." That executive order aimed to prosecute, when possible, anyone caught burning an American flag, ...

COMBATING FLAG DESECRATION: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to restore respect, pride, and sanctity to the American flag and prosecute those who desecrate this symbol of our ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On September 3, 1777, the United States flag waved in battle for the first time. Patriot General William Maxwell raised the Betsy Ross flag at Cooch’s Bridge in Maryland. The ...

The Stars and Stripes will fly at half-staff across two states in America today after a nationwide alert over the weekend to honor those killed in the Pearl Harbor bombings. Flags in the United States ...