'We just felt like it was a great opportunity to display our national motto in our public schools,' one co-sponsor of the bill said.

The flag stands for what it has always stood for: the American ideals first expressed in the Declaration of Independence.

Invoking 'democracy,' Mayor Bowser called on the Senate to 'embrace representation ... and move DC statehood forward to the President’s desk.'

In this new political world, politicians are encouraged to desecrate the flag and criticized for putting America first.

Agents saw a flag-draped coffin in the back of his van and asked him what was being transported. 'Dead guy, Navy guy,' he said.

The New York Times promoted several new designs for the American flag that focus on racism instead of patriotism.

A group of students wanted to paint American flags on their parking spaces that are auctioned off to raise money for school programs.

A Minnesota school canceled a student-led 9/11 memorial to stay 'apolitical' - and managed to politicize 9/11 in the process.

Students learned during Friday’s morning announcements that staff canceled plans to dress in red, white and blue for the football game.

'Any reason he can conjure to remove the flags I find ludicrous,' the president of the campus College Republicans chapter wrote.