Grammy-winning singer Macy Gray bashed the American flag as “tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect” in an op-ed published a day before Juneteenth. Gray says it is time for a “new flag” that “represents ALL of us,” as Old Glory “no longer represents democracy and freedom.”
Joy Behar told her co-host Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that it “is the irony of life” that supporter of former President Donald Trump who she called “these insurrectionists” decide “if they wave a flag and curse at Joe Biden that that makes them more American than me.”
ABC News legal analyst and co-host of “The View” Sunny Hostin agreed with New York Times columnist Mara Gay that the combination of Trump flags and American flags was a threatening “message of white supremacy.”
As Americans are taking the time out to honor veterans this Memorial Day weekend, one Missouri man is seeking out the owner of a boxed flag he found in the middle of the road.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) has introduced a bill barring United States embassies from flying flags with political messages such as those representing Black Lives Matter (BLM).
A 17-year-old named Christian Juvet has been working hard on restoring a huge concrete American flag at a local park in California to complete his Eagle Scout project.
An Illinois World War II veteran who turned 100 last Thursday got a surprise at his birthday party on Saturday that left him with a loss for words.
A condo association in Fargo, North Dakota, has threatened ongoing fines to a resident for the flapping sounds his flag makes on windy days.
Leftists want to remove a statue of former CA Mayor Thomas Fallon for planting an American flag in the soil during the Mexican-American War.
Firefighters took a few moments to save an American flag that fell during inclement weather and high winds in Monterey County, California, on Wednesday.
Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Washington, rejected a student’s yearbook picture because she posed with an American flag draped over her shoulders. A statement from the school claims the decision was not made against what the flag represents, but out of respect: “We respect our flag as much as any school in the area and were concerned that in the photo submitted it was being used as a prop in the photo and was not being afforded appropriate regard.”
A Spirit Airlines passenger who wore an American flag-themed neck gaiter as a mask got into an altercation with a flight attendant when he refused to switch the gaiter that the flight attendant said was “not legal.”
Police in South Salt Lake, Utah, replaced a woman’s American flag after she broke hers while defending her family.
Air Force Veteran Gary Dean quit his job at Food Lion in Havelock, North Carolina, claiming the store manager told him he could not wear an American flag mask because someone was offended.
Portland police declared a riot on Wednesday night as rioters burned a severed pig’s head, American and Trump flags, and attacked officers.
A skydiving double-amputee veteran jumped out of an airplane Friday to help kick off the 80th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
A day after Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said state police would protect Portland’s federal courthouse, rioters set ablaze a pig’s head at the site.
A World War II veteran in Torrington, Connecticut, is giving lessons about patriotism to anyone who will listen.
A father and son in Seaford, New York, have inspired their neighbors to display the American flag all over the community.
About two dozen American flags lined up in Needham, Massachusetts, were found burned on Sunday night, according to police.
An American flag was removed from a construction site in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday after officials claimed it was a potential target for protesters.
Far-left “anti-fascist” and Black Lives Matters (BLM) activists stomped and danced on the United States flag Saturday as part of a Fourth of July protest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.
A Gulf War combat veteran from Lee County, Arkansas, is using his passion for running to spread unity and love to everyone he meets.
During a debate in 1990 about a constitutional amendment that would ban burning the American flag, then-Sen. Joe Biden proposed a bizarre hypothetical to illustrate why he thought it was a slippery slope.
A homeowners association in New Port Richey, Florida, recently told a neighbor that he must remove a flag supporting law enforcement and firefighters.
President Trump said individuals who burn the American flag should have to spend a year in prison during a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
President Donald Trump on Friday criticized New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees after he apologized for defending the American flag and the national anthem.
A woman in Reno, Nevada, got an unexpected delivery recently after a piece of American history went missing on Saturday.
Rioters across the United States have waved Mexican flags in various American cities to protest the death of George Floyd allegedly at the hands of a Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer.
The American flag was projected onto the Matterhorn, one of the highest mountains in the Swiss Alps, to spread “hope and solidarity” during the coronavirus outbreak.
Orator Evangelo (Vann) Morris recently received a standing ovation following his moving tribute to the nation’s veterans in which he personified the American flag.
A Wisconsin-based manufacturer is pivoting from making American flags to producing masks for medical workers.
Many Americans across the country are turning to patriotism to find hope during the coronavirus outbreak.
After being told to leave campus over the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, students at Middlebury College were accused vandalizing a local bar. The bar’s owner claims that students ripped down an American flag from the bar’s storefront. There are widespread reports of vandalism on the campus, with one staff member commenting, “But why take it out on other people here? You’re part of a community.”
A FedEx driver in Freehold Township, New Jersey, is being praised for his quiet act of patriotism that took place February 7.
United States Marines raised the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the battle for Iwo Jima on this day in 1945.
A video clip highlighted on Sunday by U.N. Watch, a non-governmental organization based in Switzerland, showed students at Iran’s Tehran University refusing to trample on American and Israeli flags as directed by agents of the Basij, a paramilitary force controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
About 40 veteran flag holders were reportedly stolen from graves at a cemetery in La Porte, Indiana, this week.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) is the first African American lawmaker to lie in state inside the National Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill.
The White House ordered the American flag to be flown at half-staff on Thursday to honor the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD).
