Churches and shuls started placing flags in their sanctuaries around World War I. In addition to it being a time of nationalistic fervor, it was especially important for religious groups that were bei ...

In Betsy Ross' day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield smoke and noise. The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old ...

Flag Day is this weekend The holiday commemorates the making of the first American Flag In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation establishing Flag Day As the country prepares to salute ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman.

British lawmakers voted Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales after a lawmaker argued that it was cruel to ...

PBS.org added that, "the earliest mention of Flag Day involves a man named George Morris who organized such a commemoration on June 14, 1861, in Hartford, Connecticut, marked by a patriotic ...

Veterans are lucky. We learned that the American Flag is much more than a piece of cloth; it is a symbol of those who gave ...

Tennessee honors its proud legacy of service this Independence Day, celebrating the Volunteer spirit from Revolution to ...

Object Details associated person Thomas, George Henry Description This headquarters flag was used by the Army of the Cumberland. This army was a main Union force in the Western Theater of the Civil ...

Southeast Missouri gears up for July Fourth with fireworks, concerts, family activities and patriotic tributes in Cape ...

Davis, captured by Union forces, was imprisoned at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va. Hood had surrendered to Union forces in Natchez, Miss. My primary celebration on Thursday, the 160th anniversary of the ...

It was a memorable scene in the recently remodeled and enlarged semi-circle for worship in the sanctuary of the Dulin United ...