Flags of the Mayflower
John M. Hartvigsen Flags add a dramatic touch to drawings and paintings of historic events, and sailing ships are usually...
It’s Donnie’s Day, Too
STAFF PHOTO by JERREY ROBERTS courtesy of Daily Hampshire Gazette by John M....
Poppies and the Great War
by John M. Hartvigsen, When Queen Elizabeth II met John Riggs at a recent visit to a veterans’ home, she...
Jeff Young, a great Field of Honor® Project Chair, Inducted into the National Exchange Club’s Court of Honor.
The three wings of the National Headquarters building enclose a courtyard where the National Exchange Club’s Court of Honor pays...
World Vexillology Day 2019
By John M. Hartvigsen FF (Fellow of the Federation) Flags have been around for millennia, but Vexillology has only existed...
What Gives the U.S. Constitution Its Power?
U.S. Constitution Day, September 17th by John M. Hartvigsen An older person blessed with exceptional health may be described as...
Did Flag Designs Inspire the Creation of the United States?
by John M. Hartvigsen We celebrate the Fourth of July as Independence Day to remember 13 British American Colonies, which...
So Proudly We Hail, Flag Day 2019
by John M. Hartvigsen I have seen the U.S. flag flying in foreign skies; I have seen the Star Spangled...
Remembering D-Day 75 Years Latter
by John M. Hartvigsen Even with the hindsight of history, Operation Overlord looms gigantic almost beyond belief. This amphibious landing...
Questions and Answers about Display of the Flag on Memorial Day
by John M. Hartvigsen The practice of displaying flags at half-staff is centuries old and has been the custom in...
What U.S. Flag Flew Over the Golden Spike Ceremony?
What U.S. Flag Flew? by John M. Hartvigsen The Stars & Stripes flew over Promontory Summit when the Golden Spike...
Harry Butcher, A 104th Infantry Division Timberwolf Who Met the Red Army at the Elbe River on 26 April 1945
by John M. Hartvigsen There was little to recommend 20-year-old Harry to become a soldier. At five foot six and...
Happy Lá Fhéile Pádraig
by John M. Hartvigsen According to legend, St. Patrick—an immigrant to the Emerald Isle—drove the snakes from Irish shores. Centuries...
It’s Utah State Flag Day
A Great Flag for a Great State by John M. Hartvigsen As students from Highland Park Elementary swarmed around exhibits...
An Untold Story of the Mexican Flag: How Do You Spell Tenochtitlan in Aztec
by John M. Hartvigsen Mexico’s flag is a beloved banner with a history reaching back centuries, but its history is...
Honoring Washington and Lincoln on Their Birthdays
by John M. Hartvigsen With only 28 days, February is the shortest month of the year, and even so it...
Numbers of WWII Veterans Grows Smaller
John M. Hartvigsen Of sixteen million Americans who served in World War II, only less than half a million survive,...
A Field of Honor Comes to Flag City, Tennessee
by John M. Hartvigsen Colonial Flag Foundation is blessed to have amazing host communities all over the nation. Many have...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
by John Hartvigsen It has been argued that holidays are made up events that lose their meaning and become excuses...
Flags Placed at Half-staff in Utah for Master Officer Joseph Shinners
John Hartvigsen With our national headquarters located in Sandy, Utah, we were saddened by the death of a valiant area...
Draping a Casket with the U.S. Flag
John M. Hartvigsen This tradition began in the United States around the U.S. Civil War. When the nation was founded...
Flying the U.S. Flag in “Inclement” Weather
John M. Hartvigsen It’s late December, winter has hit most the the U.S. and baby it’s cold out there!...
Why Do We Fly Flags at Half-staff?
John M. Hartvigsen The idea that we fly flags at half-staff to honor individuals who have died has grown...
Big Flags A Utah Tradition
Even before they arrived in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, Utah’s pioneers had expressed a strong preference for...
With the Flag Flying
Fort Moore memorial in Los Angeles honoring the Flag Raising by the Mormon Battalion Brigham Young’s vanguard company of pioneers...