For over a decade, ‘Flag Man’ Larry Eckhardt of Little York, Illinois, has traveled the country attending funerals of fallen soldiers killed overseas and lining the streets with flags. Flag Man’s History Armed with hundreds of American flags, Flag Man learns the procession route and places miles of flags along... Read more
The 1896 Summer Olympics was a multi-sport event in Athens, Greece from April 6-15, 1896. Since Ancient Greece was where the Olympic Games first began, Athens was the obvious choice for the inaugural modern Games. Most Successful Athlete Carl Schuhmann of Germany won a total of four gold medals to... Read more
“Prayers are going up!” These are the words that accompany a photo of The Collin’s Groups new 30×50 flag on Britney O’Neil-Bishir’s snapchat story Tuesday. “The prayers are for Officer Koontz, Dr. and Mrs. Dryer, and Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson that were involved in a horrible car accident. Not to... Read more
Towards the end of last week, a rift began between iron workers/riggers and CF Industries, as they were told to remove their American flags from their trucks or be terminated. On Friday in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, six CF Industries subcontractors came into work ready to lose their jobs, as taking their flags... Read more
Whether you’re flying your nation’s flag or Pinteresting patriotic crafts for around the house, we all have our unique ways of showing pride in our country. We’ve shown you stained glass flag art, tattoo flags and other creative U.S. flag art, but today we wanted to share flag art in... Read more
Christmas is almost here; a time for family, food and Christmas trees and lights. Last year we went over creative lights and a few other holiday traditions. This year we wanted to put a nations name with some of your favorite holiday activities and decorations and show how they say,... Read more
Latvia’s National Day is also known as Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia and celebrated on November 18th. Latvia’s Independence Day commemorates the day the Republic of Latvia declared independence from German and Russian occupation on November 1918 at the end of the First World War. Sadly in the wake... Read more
In 1961, James Tracy, Mike East and Larry Morris participate in a silent ceremony to remove the U.S. flag for what they thought would be the last time in Cuba. However, today they are back to raise that flag once more as the U.S. officially opens its embassy in Cuba... Read more
March Madness is a long ways away, but the first steps towards Selection Sunday have been taken. The NCAA released its top 25 coaches poll for the upcoming NCAA basketball season. The top 10 features some teams that are no stranger to the big dance. Three of last year’s Final... Read more
Most people have probably never heard of it, let alone know what it looks like. A diver down flag (or skin diver flag), is a flag that is used on the water to indicate that there is a diver below. The diver down flag is a bright red flag with... Read more