A flag resolution was adopted 248 years ago, on June 14, 1777, that said, "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars ...

Here’s how its done: Is it illegal to burn the American flag? The Supreme Court ruled in Texas v.Johnson (1989) and later United States v. Eichman (1990) that flag burning, as a form of ...