In 1873, New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day as a legal holiday. After World War II, it became an occasion ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that’s supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, ...

The white supremacist who killed them had been pictured with a Confederate battle flag. Since 2015, center officials said ...

WASHINGTON — The Confederate battle emblem on Mississippi's state flag continues to be an emotional wedge issue there ahead of the state's primary on Tuesday, but few of the six remaining ...

Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes it’s that time of year again, when South Carolina and eight of the state’s 46 counties embarrassingly and dangerously close offices and give employees a day off ...

and pride of its citizens,” a press release by the City of Montgomery states. “The goal is to create a flag that embodies unity, peace, and the shared values of Montgomery’s diverse ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

“So out of the 5,582,222 free Southerners in 1860 that were living in what would become the Confederate States, how many were actually slaveowners? When taking entire households into ...

NEW YORK, (U-WIRE) — The flying of the Confederate flag over South Carolina’s Capitol has become ... that the flag issue is one for the people of South Carolina and other states to decide for ...

The flag unfurling in mid-April at Sandy Cay – part of the disputed Spratly Islands – came to light shortly after the US and Philippines launched their annual Balikatan (“shoulder to ...

The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, adopted new city flags this week that show support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of new laws passed by their states ...

City leaders in Boise and Salt Lake City on May 6 introduced new official flags to support LGBTQ+ rights, sidestepping laws in both states that prohibit the display of pride flags and other so ...