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  • Women from Joint Base Charleston fold the flag during an all female retreat ceremony on March 23 to celebrate Women’s History Month. About forty women from the 628th Air Base Wing, the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings took part in the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Dukes)

    Displaying "Old Glory" with honor

    This week, American flags will be displayed across the nation in celebration of the Independence Day holiday. Following a few guidelines can ensure we are displaying Old Glory properly.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Luke Goins, 633d Force Support Squadron ceremonial honor guardsman, inspects the edges of the American Flag, after performing a flag folding ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., June 12, 2017. It has been more than 100 years since the holiday’s inception by President Woodrow Wilson, in 1916. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)

    Flag Day: Honoring the red, white and blue

    On June 14, 1777, the Second Congressional Congress adopted the flag of the United States of America; later in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14 as the day to officially celebrate our flag. More than 100 years after the holiday’s inception, the United States celebrates Flag Day as a commemoration to the emblem of the nation. Throughout history the flag has evolved, much like the U.S., to represent the growth and struggles of what the nation is today.
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