Flag Day: Honoring The Stars and Stripes (41 images)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Icar Morales, from Woodbridge, New Jersey, holds a folded American flag that will be presented to U.S. Army Sgt. Bryan Parker during Parker's re-enlistment ceremony on Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.

A member of Congress holds an American flag as protestors gather on the South Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building as the House begins to debate the Heath Care Reform Bill in Washington on March 21, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

Congressman Allen West (R. Fla), salutes the American flag on the wreck of the Ancient Mariner in the waters off Pompano Beach, Fla. on June 12, 2011. Congressman West took part in a SCUBA dive, conducting an Underwater Ceremonial American Flag Tribute. The Congressman, an avid SCUBA diver, was also on hand to celebrate "Learn to Dive" month, while diving with US veterans and members of the Diveheart Group. .UPI/Joe Marino

Charred American flag sits on fence outside burnt out shell of home in Crest, California on September 28th, 2003. 202 homes were lost in the Crest neighborhood. Fires spread from Ramona southwest to enter San Diego city limits with all fires consuming approx. 274,000 acres, burning 1000 structures, leaving 12 fatalities to date. (UPI/TOM THEOBALD).