From the time the Continental Congress gave the stars and stripes its stamp of approval in 1777 amid the American Revolution, the flag of the United States of America has been an emblematic symbol ...

In the 1940s, the policy became federal law, adopted as part of the official United States Flag Code, which states explicitly, “the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing.” "The flag ...

The Supreme Court declared on June 11, 1990, that laws against desecrating the flag are unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled on June 11, 1990. ... In United States v.

He lobbied year after year in an attempt to have an official National Flag Day established by the United States government. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 as Flag Day.

Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts addressed media from the steps of nearby university building and said that as long as he was chancellor, the United States flag would remain in place.