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 ...

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Read on for more fun facts about St. Patrick's Day ... is displayed across the world on St. Patrick's Day is because of the green in the Irish flag. The traditional corned beef and cabbage ...

Pikes Peak’s “purple mountain majesties” may have inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write her poem “America the Beautiful” in 1893. But it’s another set of colors that inspired the ...