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Flags will be lowered to half-staff on Monday, June 30, in Arizona. Here's why, plus the difference between half-staff and ...
Online voting opens in January, deciding if we want to keep the current flag, choose between one of the new 10 finalists or opt for two previous flags that have flown over Illinois, in 1918 and 1968.
Find out the interesting history behind all 50 of the U.S. state flags The U.S. state flags, explained The American flag, the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory—whatever you want to call it, there’s ...
Mystery flag #27. Here’s another one with the state’s name proclaimed loud and clear. What might be a little less clear is ...
There are two bills in the NH legislature this year that would change the current state flag, adopted in 1909. One proposes a flag featuring the iconic Old Man of the Mountain, while another would ...
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. That would be (state) “Seal on a ...
The U.S. State Department reportedly adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags.
The state flag debate has been a contentious one in Maine, with two proposals similar to the legislation that passed last year failing in 2019 and 2021.
Marco Rubio has wisely reinstated the State Department's One Flag Policy, which bars U.S. embassies from flying anything but the Stars and Stripes.
Question 5 asks voters if the official state flag should be changed to look more like the one used from 1901 to 1909, when it was replaced with the current version featuring the state seal on a ...
Illinois residents have until Feb. 14 to vote — every resident can cast one ballot every 24 hours — on 10 finalists the commission chose from almost 5,000 submissions. The ultimate decision ...
Aug. 5—AUGUSTA — Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Monday unveiled a model design for what could soon become the new Maine state flag. The design was one of more than 400 submissions ...