The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

It took decades but ultimately Cigrand, who died in 1932, saw his cause take steps toward fruition. In 1916, President ...

“It is sufficiently humiliating to have had to carry it and exhibit it,” fumed the Confederate officer who wielded the flag of truce—now on display at the Smithsonian—at Appomattox Courthous ...

Gilbert Baker created the original pride flag in 1978. Baker was urged by Harvey Milk to create a symbol for the LGBT community and he chose a flag, which he saw as the most powerful symbol of pride.

The moment of freedom fighter Bhikaiji Patel-Cama hoisting the Indian flag in Germany and issuing a simple appeal to the world to support India’s struggle for independence is etched in golden ...