The Union Jack combines the crosses that appeared on the flags of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Wales is not represented, as it was considered part of England in 1801, when George III adopted ...

The Union Jack became the standard “Navy Jack” on June 14, 1777. And except for a symbolic 14-month period during the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial celebrations, it was in constant U.S. Navy service.

The Union Jack features a blue field with 50 stars in the style of the canton, or upper-left area, of the U.S. flag. Its first version was flown by the Navy in 1777.

The Union Jack is “so called because it combines the crosses of the three countries united under one sovereign - the kingdoms of England and Wales, of Scotland and of Ireland”, explains the ...

In stitching a Union Jack dishcloth to a “boring” black dress, Geri Halliwell perfectly captured the zeitgeist of ’90s Britain – and rewrote fashion history in the process.

Quartermaster 3rd Class Danaril Mojet, left, and Quartermaster 2nd Class Matthew Lewis on board the aircraft carrier John C Stennis at Naval Station Norfolk, salute after hoisting the Union Jack ...