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Many Americans across the country are turning to patriotism to find hope during the coronavirus outbreak.

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).

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).

A giant American flag will remain flying over a reality TV star’s RV dealership in Statesville, North Carolina, after the city told him to remove it. 

University of Alabama Dean of Students Jamie Riley has resigned after Breitbart News reported on past tweets calling the American flag and police symbols of racism.

A series of resurfaced tweets from Dr. Jamie R. Riley, the University of Alabama’s assistant vice president and dean of students, show he once believed the American flag and police in America are racist.

An Illinois woman has been ordered to remove a 9/11 memorial stone from her property, according to reports. 

A Massachusetts man put his own life at risk to cross a busy highway during rush hour to save a damaged American flag.

A Florida man is accused of planning to kill elementary school students because they attend a school painted to look like an American flag.

The American flag has become a symbol of resistance against China in the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, prominently waved throughout the city this past weekend as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets into the peaceful crowds.

A veteran in Virginia Beach, Virginia, took it upon himself to climb a flag pole at a Navy SEAL monument to secure an American flag that had broken loose on Thursday.

Protesters outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday removed an American flag from its flagpole and replaced it with the Mexican flag.

Twenty-one U.S. flags were stolen from veterans’ graves in South Carolina on the Fourth of July and later burned by unsuspecting vandals.

The U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) was no stranger to controversy in the build-up to their World Cup finale against The Netherlands and, as it turns out, they’re not without controversy in celebrating their World Cup victory over the Dutch either.

Nike’s Betsy Ross-themed athletic shoes, which the company pulled before their Fourth of July debut, have garnered a $15,200 bid on eBay.

Democrats and media mouthpieces denounced the Betsy Ross flag this week but failed to realize the recent history surrounding one of the nation’s most patriotic symbols.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) says Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL player and the face of multinational corporation Nike, should leave the United States if he does not like the country.

A Texas teenager mowed an American flag into his front lawn on Monday as a special tribute to a fallen soldier and friend.

Nike has decided to pull their America-themed 4th of July sneakers which featured the “Betsy Ross” flag, after former NFL anthem-protester and Nike pitchman Colin Kaepernick raised concerns over the offensive symbolism he felt the flag displayed, the Wall Street Journal reports.

A car dealership in Chatom, Alabama, is celebrating Independence Day by offering a free Bible, shotgun, and American flag to customers who buy a vehicle between now and the end of July.

On this date in 1976, Cubs outfielder Rick Monday made what may be his most famous play when he ran out into left-field and snatched away an American flag from protesters who were trying to burn it.

Cuban police released artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara on Monday after arresting him and several others for organizing a footrace to wave American flags around the streets of Havana.

The Boston Athletic Association faced serious backlash and eventually apologized, after carelessly tossing a U.S. flag to the ground during a ceremony.

A U.S. Marine veteran won a 20-year fight against his homeowners’ association (HOA) to fly an American flag on his property.

President Donald Trump hugged the flag on the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, marking his fifth overall appearance at the conference and his third as president.

Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers (I-Omaha) referred to the American flag as “a rag” and compared it to a swastika during a Tuesday speech on the floor of the state legislative chamber.

The mother of a Florida sixth grader, who was arrested for allegedly threatening a teacher after he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, defended her son’s actions, telling NBC Nightly News that she told her son he should stand up for himself.

A Cuban man denounced the communist regime in a video published Tuesday, alleging that his local hospital prevented him from entering to visit his ailing pregnant wife because he was wearing shorts emblazoned with the American flag.

A Marine Corps veteran working as a FedEx delivery man in Maryland went above and beyond his duties as a delivery driver on Wednesday when he stopped to fold an American flag which fell to the ground due to heavy winds.

A Texas resident draped an American flag outside the Bush family home in Houston early Saturday morning in a display of support for the family after former President George H.W. Bush’s passing.

Stanford University told the Sigma Chi fraternity to remove its American flag to “improve” its image. An administrator reportedly told the fraternity that the flag could be seen as “intimidating, aggressive or alienating.”

The owner of an upstate New York pizzeria said Friday that protesters vandalized the American flag mural painted on the side of her business.

A photo from the Associated Press shows protesters burning an American flag with a swastika painted on it in support of the migrant caravan heading through Central America for the United States.