The massive American flag on NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building is a patriotic icon, but its 1976 bicentennial origin story remains a mystery to some.

Bob Heft claimed he designed the current 50-star U.S. flag as a high school project and sent it to President Eisenhower for approval in 1959.

A skydiver carrying a large American flag crash-landed near spectators at the Folsom Pro Rodeo after the flag caught on a tree.

The parachuter was performing a stunt with a large US flag.

While cleaning for their annual fair, among the cobwebs and dust, community members in Waseca County, Minnesota, spotted an enormous parcel, wrapped in oil cloth, tucked into the eaves of a historic cabin on display inside a fairgrounds hall.

The Tennessee State Museum houses one of the oldest USA flags, a tattered, 13-star banner that was created before Tennessee became a state.

At Valley Forge Flag Co., outside Charleston, S.C. — one of a handful of large-scale American flag manufacturers — workers transform red, white and blue thread into a symbol recognized around the world.

Nearly 850 students across the country participated in USA Today-SUNN's “Fly Your Flag” civics contest. Winners will be announced July 1.