At dusk on Christmas day, 1991, the iconic hammer-and-sickle flag of the erstwhile ... Just over a decade earlier, in 1846, the American Union had gone to war with Mexico, known as the Mexican ...

The state flag still commemorates ... The California Republic lasted for 25 days in 1846 at a time when what was then known as Alta California was part of Mexico. The unrecognized Mexican ...

If California were a country, its economy would rank fifth internationally, behind only the U.S., China, Germany, and Japan. Despite having a population the size of Canada. It's home to one in eight ...

It played a major role in sparking the Mexican-American War in 1846. It animated the desire ... never go as far as actually waving an American flag over Ottawa. And it’s trivially easy ...

Trump even proclaimed the “manifest destiny” of the United States to send the first astronauts to Mars and plant the American flag ... 1846-1848 in which the US seized and annexed half of Mexico.

The state flag still commemorates the 25 days it ... The California Republic lasted for 25 days in 1846 at a time when what was then known as Alta California was part of Mexico. The unrecognized ...

This vessel was employed for about 18 months in the Gulf of Mexico—had two sets of engines ... and yet never made over 4 knots per hour. In 1846 this vessel waa laid up in the Navy Yard at ...

If the Perrys of Newport had been professional wrestlers, they would have been the tag team champs of the 19th century. It is ...

A woman allegedly took down an American flag at a California park and replaced it with a Mexican flag before threatening ...

Crystal Aguilar, a 24-year-old activist, was arrested for allegedly replacing an American flag with a Mexican flag at Hart Park in Bakersfield, California. During the confrontation, she threatened ...

A woman was arrested on Thursday after she took down an American flag and placed it on the muddy ground at a California park, replacing it with a Mexican flag. Kern County deputies responded to ...