America turns 250 years old in 2026 and Philadelphia -- the place the United States was born -- is ready to celebrate with the world with a year's worth of firsts.

The first North Carolina state flag in history was heavily inspired by the first Confederate States of America ... blue square had that same blue square. It had seven, eleven, or thirteen white ...

His original design featured a North Star inside an abstract shape of Minnesota and stripes of blue, white and ... Fitch said. Flag expert Ted Kaye, secretary of the North American Vexillological ...

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 ...