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July 10, 2025, marks 10 years since South Carolina lowered the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds. The flag ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Associated Press) - On this day 10 years ago, South Carolina pulled the Confederate battle flag from its ...
The Civil War ended in 1865, but for Minnesota and the one-time rebel state of Virginia, the battle continues over a prized ...
The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month.
A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...
The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...
DES MOINES (AP) With seven descendants of Iowa Civil War soldiers standing at attention, a restored flag carried into the war by an Iowa regiment was placed on display at the Statehouse. Encased ...
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...