Rumors on social media have circulated about the flag listed on some government sites. Here's what you need to know.

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 ...

Several of the users spreading the claim said the flag originated with the Confederacy and the U.S. Civil War, referencing it ...

The Washington Free Beacon first reported that it obtained a copy of the "One Flag Policy" order, which permits only the American flag to be flown at U.S. facilities at home and abroad ...