This week we’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about flags and those who fly them.

Woven picture of a seated Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag was made for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition or as it was commonly known, the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904. Betsy Ross sits with the flag on the front porch of a clapboard house with a spinning wheel and cat. American Textile History Museum Collection via Creative Commons https://www.si.edu/object/picture:chndm_2016-35-75

Betsy Ross May Not Have Made The First Flag, But She Really Did Make Flags

Betsy Ross’s backstory is pretty interesting even if it didn’t go quite how the legends tell it.

Four people view the original Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. (Photo by National Museum of American History via Flickr/Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/818rtT)

The Star-Spangled Banner That Inspired “The Star-Spangled Banner”

The story of the American flag that led to the writing of what is now our national anthem.