flag day

Today is Flag Day in Louisiana and across the nation. Here are some little known facts about one of the world's most recognizable symbols. How many did you know?

Today is the day we honor one of the most enduring symbols of freedom the world has ever known. Today is Flag Day.

Today we celebrate a symbol of our nation which has served this great country since 1777.

Read who is credited with starting the annual holiday, who is believed to have designed the flag (contrary to popular opinion) and when it became an official holiday.

Did you know Flag Day isn't an official federal holiday?

Due to 'weathering', the flags that astronauts placed on the moon ever 40 years ago are probably now white, experts say.

A man reflects on why he's puttin' up the flag, and the freedom it symbolizes.

It has been said, and printed, that it was the JEEP that won WWII.  We know that it was a combination of things that actually won the war, and that if any one of those things were missing, we might not have won the war.  But, nonetheless, the JEEP played an integral part in victory.