Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

At a time when President Donald Trump is implementing numerous potential changes to the United States government, people became aware of nine stars on American flags on official government websites.

President Donald Trump told lawmakers that U.S. astronauts will one day carry the American flag to Mars and beyond ... its "manifest destiny into the stars." Musk, who is overseeing dramatic ...