Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

French visitors are coming to Washington with an old U.S. battle flag and a plan to rekindle memories of the American ...

The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division ...

"I attended a college fraternity event that, in hindsight, was inappropriate and does not reflect the person I am today," ...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has introduced a measure that would ensure all American flags displayed by a federal agency and purchased using U.S. tax dollars are made in America. Florida’s senior senator has ...

India on Monday urged the United States to act against banned Khalistani terror group Sikhs for Justice - which operates from American soil - and its founder, US ...

Mississauga is the latest city that says it will stop flying the American flag amid a trade war between Canada and the U.S., along with President Donald Trump’s annexation threats. Mississauga ...

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Established in 2023 by King Salman, the day honors when King Abdul Aziz approved the official flag design in 1937—but the roots of this iconic banner go back nearly 300 years to the founding of the ...

Officals unfurled the "world’s largest Ukrainian flag" to demonstrate ongoing U.S. support for Ukraine amid concerns over paused aid. The rally, organized by Ukraine Rally DC, American Coalition ...

Half-staff describes a flag that is raised halfway, between the top and bottom of the flagpole. When the American flag is flown at half-staff, it conveys a message of respect and mourning.