Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See blog for pointers on U.S. Flag Code, or learn more about the Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's ...

Lights outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will permanently display the colors red, white and blue ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

The Kennedy Center’s exterior lighting will now “permanently feature the colors of red, white and blue” in “a beautiful reminder of the American spirit.” ...