Before the iconic Stars & Stripes, there were dozens of alternate American flag designs—some beautiful, some strange, all rejected. In this video, I explore 12 flag designs that were proposed but ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American flags. The second flag-raising was captured in an iconic photograph by Joe ...