Topic “Flag”

By Danica Kirka (The Associated Press)

LONDON — There was no mystery as to which team Varun Pemmaraju was supporting: His American flag was tied around his neck, the Stars and Stripes floating like a cape behind him.

“I was going for the Superman, Captain America-look,” said the beaming 19-year-old computer science and chemical engineering student from San Jose, California,...

By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (McClatchy Newspapers)

If you plan to let your patriotic colors fly this Memorial Day, do right by Old Glory and display it with dignity — which is to say, not on your stars-and-stripes bikini. The U.S. Flag Code gives guidelines for properly displaying the American flag. The rules are purely advisory and there’s no enforcement or penalty for violating them, though...