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Katie Ledecky named US Olympic flag bearer for closing ceremony

Katie Ledecky will close out the 2024 Olympics in true patriotic style. The four-time Olympian, who won four medals in Paris — two gold, one silver and one bronze — will carry the American flag during the closing ceremony on Sunday. Fellow three-time gold medalist Bobby Finke broke the news to Ledecky via FaceTime, and […]

Camping World raises huge American flag local officials ordered to be taken down

Stars and Stripes is back in business. A California RV dealership is defiantly flying a giant American flag after local officials ordered it to be taken down earlier this year, but more than 250 other stores across the country have no problem proudly flying similarly sized Stars and Stripes. Camping World, located on Interstate 5 […]

Iraq Demands Olympics Keep Israeli Flag Away from Theirs, IOC Says No

Helder Rauf, head of Iraq’s delegation to the Paris Olympics, said Saturday that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had rejected Iraq’s request not to fly the Israeli flag next to the Iraqi flag during soccer matches. “When we arrived at the Lyon stadium, the Iraqi flag was flying next to the Israeli flag,” Rauf said. […]

People Who Burn the American flag ‘Should Get’ One Year in Jail

Former President Donald Trump said that anyone who tries to burn the American flag should receive a “mandatory” one-year prison sentence. Trump at a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday night talked Referring to anti-Israel protesters burning American flags at demonstrations, he said America “doesn’t need more people wanting to burn” the American flag. […]

Olympic Flag Raised Upside Down During Opening Ceremony

If you thought the ineptitude and ignominy of the Olympic opening ceremony was limited to a grotesque parody of the Last Supper and some strongly bisexual threesome sex, you’d be wrong. On top of that, they flew the Olympic flag upside down. From BBC Sport It’s a shame the Olympic flag was flying upside down […]