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​Celebrating Labor Day with the Stars and Stripes

Flag.com encourages all citizens to proudly display their American flags on September 1, 2025, when we celebrate Labor Day. Labor Day is often thought to be a celebration of the final days of the summer season. However, Labor Day actually celebrates and honors the contributions of American workers towards our country's strength and prosperity. Labor Day is unique because it honors the accomplishments of the American people in the working class, while other national holidays commemorate vict …
Aug 24, 2025 Alexis C.

The untold story behind the other Confederate flag

For the past 150-some years, while the Confederate battle flag has monopolized attention with its corrosive symbolism and inflammatory bluster, a different, largely unknown Confederate flag -- the Confederate Flag of Truce, which the South used in the process of surrendering to the North -- has been quietly waiting for its moment in the spotlight. That moment is now.Hoping to start a new conversation around the Civil War artifact, textile and social practice artist Sonya Clark has conceived a ma …
Apr 15, 2019 Meredith Mendelsohn, CNN