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

Thousands of people gather for a Democratic election rally near the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago on October 30, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama delivered the key note address at the rally. UPI/Brian Kersey

Scouts from Troop 793 of Glenelg, Maryland fold a flag during the Star-Spangled Camporee and celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America at Fort McHenry in Baltimore on October 2, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

An American flag is held above the crowd as Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America during his Inauguration Ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 20, 2009. (UPI Photo/Mark Goldman)

Robert Shumake waves to passersby as he holds an American flag waiting for Hurricane Ike to make landfall in Galveston, Texas on September 12, 2008. The City of Galveston issued a mandatory evacuation for all non-essential personnel as the eye of Hurricane Ike is expected to make landfall along the Texas coast early September 13, 2008. (UPI Photo/Aaron M. Sprecher)