But this propeller-driven aircraft is bright white with a black iron cross and the red,yellow,and black flag of the German Luftwaffe on its side.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Union troops quickly moved into Richmond.Then they raised the United States flag over the once proud capital of the Confederacy.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

Johnny Cash imagines the many historical events the American flag has seen and experienced since the founding of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Pirate ships often flew the flag of a friendly country as they sailed toward the ship they planned to rob.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Brown was furious that the crowd outside had refused to honor his white flag of truce earlier in the day.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Within minutes he sent the picture of the six men raising the flag to the Associated Press headquarters in New York.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

They grew up as Americans and pledge allegiance to our flag, and yet they live every day with the threat of deportation.

VOA: special.2011.02.03

Left behind on the moon were the footprints of Armstrong and Aldrin, an American flag and scientific equipment.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

"Your forces," he wrote, "fired this morning on a civilian ship flying the flag of my government.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

After all,the Confederate secretary of war had declared that the Confederate flag would fly over the Capitol building before the first of May.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The behavior of a fishing boat is mainly the responsibility of the nation whose flag it flies.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

"There it goes!" he said. He swung his camera up, following the movement of the flag, and pressed the button that took the picture.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

Brown sent out one of his men and one of the prisoners with a white flag.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

They raised the pirate flag -- with its picture of a skull and crossed bones.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

And we answer a listener question about the meaning of the stars on America's flag.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

Ali Awod asks about the meaning of the number of stars on the American flag.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

"Ragged Old Flag" tells a story from the American flag's point of view.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Liberty takes the form of a strong woman holding the French flag.

VOA: special.2010.06.23