Year of North Carolina'. In an effort to celebrate the state's character, lawmakers decided to celebrate all existing state symbols, instead of introducing new ones this year. State symbols must be ...

She began modestly, chalking the Lorraine Cross, adopted by General de Gaulle as a symbol of the Resistance, on walls and tearing down the propaganda posters of the Germans and their French Vichy ...

Find out the interesting history behind all 50 of the U.S. state flags The U.S. state flags, explained The American flag, the ...

Vietnam has celebrated the end of the war with the United States and the formation of its modern nation 50 years ago with a ...

The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by the Germans during World War Two with islanders ...

and the fleurs-de-lis of France. While the Personal Canadian flag of Queen Elizabeth II for use in Canada also featured a personal symbol at the centre — a blue disc bearing her initial — the current ...

Yvrose Pierre, Mayor of Cap-Haitien, made an official visit to New Orleans as part of the pre-unveiling of a major mural (currently under construction) celebrating ...

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the historic victory over fascism, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) organised an International Anti-Fascist Forum, from April 21-25, in Moscow.

Those of the French version used by the Government of Canada were originally adopted in 1952 ahead of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and were also sung on February 15, 1965, at the first ...

As one state senator in Utah put it when he was asked if remaking the flag was the best use of government time: “When you connect the values [we hold] with the symbols on the flag, we’re going ...

A political row continues in France over whether certain small businesses – especially bakeries and florists – should be allowed to open on France's only public holiday when paid rest is ...