It’s been months since Pat and Diane Tregarthen took down the red, white and blue decorations from their Redondo Beach home. But two paper flags remain. The flags, printed off the Internet on 8 ...

Robert Queisser, of East Cleveland, is credited with creating the Blue Star service flag during World War I, displayed to represent a family member serving during wartime, that are still used today.

Nicole Taugner flies a Blue Star flag in her home in Norfolk, Va. The Grafton native received it last year in a ceremony at the Mequon American Legion Post in honor of her husband Jason, a Petty ...

Members of USASMDC gathered with Gold Star Families as the command raised a Gold Star Service Flag on Redstone Arsenal during a ceremony at the command’s headquarters May 28.

The Blue Star service flag signifies that a family member is serving in the military during wartime. The Gold Star indicates that a family member has been lost to war. Multiple stars provide the ...

The blue and gold star banner tradition began during World War I when white service flags bordered in red were displayed from homes, businesses, schools and churches to indicate, by using a blue ...

Volunteers placed thousands of flags at the Gerald B.H. Soloman Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville Saturday morning, honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

A reader asked, “What country uses a little flag with just a red border and a big blue star in the center?” It is a service flag designed in 1917 that identified a family that had someone in ...