Import prices up 0.1% in July after declines in June and May; export prices rise 0.4%. 08/15/2017. U.S. import prices edged up 0.1 percent in July, led by higher fuel prices which more than offset lower prices for nonfuel imports. Import prices rose 1.5 percent over the past 12 months.
1 The origin of the first American flag is unknown. Some historians believe it was designed by New Jersey Congressman Francis Hopkinson and sewn by Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross.  The name Old Glory was given to a large, 10-by-17-foot flag by its owner, William Driver, a sea captain from Massachusetts.
The United States Flag. Betsy Ross showing the United States flag. to George Washington and others. The flag of the United States is one of the oldest national standards in the world. General George Washington first raised the Continental Army flag in 1776, a red-and-. white striped flag with the British Union Jack where we now have stars.