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Dozens of high school girls from across the state attended a camp last weekend hosted by the regional NFL franchise.
Officials in Seward, Alaska, will decide Monday whether to demolish a neglected historical boarding school where the state flag was first flown nearly a century ago and where its Alaska Native ...
Alaska Alaska was not yet a state in 1926 when, in the interest of gaining statehood, the Alaskan American Legion, in cooperation with the territorial governor, held a flag-designing contest for kids.
Review finds Alaska state flag designer was 14, not 13 A state of Alaska flag flies outside the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, March 11, 2022.
Native flags, Native voices The Jan. 19 event at the Utah State Capitol opened with a flag presentation by a Native American color guard led by Arnold Lano of the Utah Inter-Tribal Veterans.
It was on July 9, 1927, almost a hundred years ago, that Benny Benson ran the very first Alaska flag up a flagpole. He was ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A neglected site where the Alaska territorial flag was designed, sewn and first flown will be demolished despite last-minute efforts by Alaskans and a preservation group to ...
If you grew up in Alaska, at one point or another you have learned about Benny Benson and the creation of the Alaska state flag. If you are like me, the details of the story became a little faded ...
Alaska Child and Family will host its annual Alaska Flag Day celebration on July 9 to honor Benny Benson, the 13-year-old who ...
A flag with the design is currently flying below the official Alaska State Flag at the Governor’s Residence after being hoisted there in recent days. (Photo by The Pro-Life Flag Project) ...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has issued a corrected birth certificate for the teenage designer of the Alaska flag, after researchers who were looking into his heritage found records ...