The helmet and horse head, for example, represent the independence of New Jersey as a state. It was the third to be admitted to the union — behind Delaware and Pennsylvania — in December 1787.

A Juneteenth flag was raised at Verona Town Hall on Monday morning in place of the American flag, prompting questions over ...

A flag should be “so simple,” Kaye wrote in the 15-page booklet, that a “child can draw it from memory.”. While a handful of U.S. states are heeding that guidance, New Jersey and its flag ...

The commission whittled it down to 10 finalists, then added the current 1915 flag, and banners created for the state's 1918 Centennial and 1968 Sesquicentennial.

NEW YORK - We are once again under a Red Flag Warning in our area, owing to drought conditions in the Tri-State Area. It comes as firefighters race to contain a wildfire burning through 5,000 ...

President Donald Trump and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered all flags be flown at half-staff today, May 15. Find out why.

New Jersey is under a red flag warning, meaning weather conditions are primed for rapidly spreading wildfires. Firefighters are working to contain several wildfires in the state, including a 350 ...

A New Jersey council president has apologized after outcry and protests over concern the American flag and Constitution had been listed as props banned from public meetings.

Illinois Votes on a New State Flag Design — and Chooses the Current One SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or ...

10 finalists, plus the current and 2 former flags Last fall, residents were invited to submit their vision for a new standard. More than 4,800 did — most of them serious.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB.