Flags May Have Inspired the American Union
Independence Day is celebrated each year on July Fourth, and the date’s number is used to name the celebration itself,...
It is Flag Day and the U.S. Army’s Birthday
The roots of the U.S. Army grow deeper in American History than our nation’s independence. The Delegates of the Continental Congress...
Fifteen Years—How Well Does Our Nation Remember?
This coming 11th of September, Patriot Day, marks the 15th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 2001. Since Patriot Day...
Meaning of the Symbols on the Utah State Flag
The design of the Utah State flag incorporates the emblems found on the Great Seal of the Utah which are...
Mark Twain and Utah’s Grand Beehive
The central emblem on Utah’s state flag is the beehive, and this is more than appropriate since the likeness of...
Our Flag Declares that We are United
Looking at the Family of American Flags, we can see the resemblance between the United States flag and the banner...
Remembering the U.S. Flag on Its Birthday
Interviewers often ask “What is the most interesting thing about the U.S. flag that people don’t know?” As a flag...
A Memorial for All of Utah
The Utah Freedom Memorial, which is now under construction in front of Sandy’s City Hall, will provide Utahns with...
Three Touching Stories
A Soldier Remembered by a Community Far From His Home Sometimes events blend together perfectly in unexpected ways. Kathy DeRosa,...
An Order of Precedence Provides Order for Events, Ceremonies and Displays
Years ago when I was in military training at Fort Lewis in Washington state, our training battalion was completing a...
Back By Popular Demand
At Colonial Flag Foundation, we get a great deal of positive feedback that gives us immense satisfaction. While we visit...
A Memorable Displaly of Flags
When a Healing Field® or Field of Honor® display of flags is posted, we say that for every flag there...
Thank you for spreading the Colonial Flag Foundation Story
We spend a great deal of time and effort promoting Colonial Flag Foundation’s flag display programs, but we find that...
A Centerpiece of Community Activity
Newspaper articles and media reports describing Field of Honor® and Healing Field® flag displays usually focus on the posted flags. ...
Bennington Flag
This unusual flag is known as the Bennington Flag because it was believed to have been flown at the Battle...
How to Draw a Five-Pointed Star
Stars are common symbols shown of flags; however, it was the thirteen star U.S. flag which first used stars to...
How to Draw the United States Flag with Correct Proportions
One of the hallmarks of a well designed flag is that it can be easily drawn. While the United States...
Is it proper to display a flag which draped a casket?
Although some people feel that a flag used to drape a casket should not be unfolded after it has been...
Is it proper to clean and repair the U.S. flag?
Since Colonial Flag Company makes flags and sells flags that are flown all over the world, we get questions about...
A Visit to a Healing Field Flag Display
In 2013 Colonial Flag Foundation’s Healing Field® and Field of Honor® flag display events spread across the United States from...
Union Jack or Union Flag?
Vexillologists, scholars and enthusiasts who study flags, get very picky as they endeavor to be strictly accurate in describing flags. ...
Utah and Colonial Flag Welcome NAVA 47
NAVA 47, the recently completed 47th Annual Meeting of the North American Vexillological Association, NAVA, took place in Salt Lake...
Honoring the Flag
Rules of flag display were of little concern in the United States until after the Civil War, and then flags...
THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL FLAG CONGRESS
In a previous Flag-Post.com posting, “Vexillology equals Fun With Flags” (http://flag-post.com/vexillology-equals-fun-with-flags/ ) the term vexillology was defined as the scholarly...
Flags to Match the Holiday
A previous aricle in flag-post.com titled “Flag Sizes to Match the Day” elicited this response from a reader: I went...