American Civil War quickly showed both sides the costs of war. Each year proved a drain as the human toll became apparent. Thus the creation of the 54th Regiment. By 1863, the Union realized it had a ...

It is the Norfolk village that caused a flutter when locals tried to ban the Union Jack fearing it was 'divisive' and might 'scare people away'. But it seems Claxton has had a change of heart and ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will raise American flags at the California Capitol on Monday for a limited time during President-elect Trump’s inauguration, according to his office.

David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that ...

At dusk on Christmas day, 1991, the iconic hammer-and-sickle flag of the erstwhile Soviet Union ... an all-out war between the two countries. That war was known as the American Civil War.

before the 30-day mark to honor the first American prisoners of war released from Vietnam. The celebration lasted a day before the flags were returned to half-staff for the rest of the mourning ...

Trump will be inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol's west lawn on January 20 and wants the flags flying full-staff. He has made it a partisan issue in recent weeks despite the order being part of the U ...

Someone — possibly accidentally — took an American flag, given to the widow of a Korean War veteran at his funeral. Now the family is hoping to get it back... Main Office 570-387-1234 ...

Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden issued an order to fly American flags at half-staff for 30 days. But those 30 days include Inauguration Day, when ...

WASHINGTON − At the request of President-elect Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson is suspending a 30-day mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter to allow flags at the U.S ...

Biden ordered the United States flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days following former President Jimmy Carter's death on December 29. Because U.S. flag code requires flags to be flown at half ...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following ...