Whose Eagle is it Anyway? (8/14/08)
With the prevalence of online auction sites such as Ebay, there is a tendency to guess at the provenance of … More >>

The 51-Star Flag of the United States (8/4/08)
It is the longest-serving national flag of the United States. Since July 4, 1960, after the addition of Hawaii as the 50th state, the flag of the United States with its 50 stars has served longer than the 48-star flag, the national standard from 1912 to 1959. More >>

Desecrate the American Flag? Free Speech or Offensive? (7/4/08)
“The Congress and the states shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States” For the amendment: In his dissenting opinion in Texas v. Johnson, the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote, More >>

Origin of Flag Day (6/14/08)
“Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” Second Continental Congress, June 14, 1777. More >>

At the 2008 Whitman Coin and Currency Convention (6/11/08)
Gold and silver, platinum and kids. The 36th Annual Coin and Currency Convention in Baltimore, Maryland last weekend had quite a lot of all that, plus so much more. This is where you can both be a long time collector and still enjoy learning like a kid. That’s what I found out when I followed the kids to see Patti Jagger Finner at the Kid’s Korner. More >>

The Royal Flags and Honors of Queen Elizabeth II (5/14/08)
Her formal title is “Her Majesty, Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.” She ascended the throne after the death of her father, King George VI on February 6, 1952 and her Coronation followed on June 2, 1953. More >>

Mother’s Day Gifts: Antiques, Jewelry And Time (5/6/08)
Gifts – Antiques, Jewelry & Time More >>

Mother’s Day Tribute: A Mother Knows Her Children (5/4/08)
A mother knows her children. That’s what I learned from my own mother in a most unusual way. My mother had five boys with age differences between each of about 18 months to 2 years, so she was constantly going through the separate stages of growing up for entirely too many years. All of us were different. I was the shy, bookish one, but still able to hold my own in any rumble. More >>

Vice Presidential Guest Pins (4/25/08)
Just as the Secret Service provides a specially designed lapel pin to frequent guests to the White House, the Secret Service also provides similar lapel pins to guests of the vice president of the United States. More >>

Collecting JFK (4/25/08)
There are events in our lives that stand out like no others. Most of us in my generation know where we were and what we were doing on Nov. 22, 1963 when we learned that John F. Kennedy was assassinated. More >>