OPINION: Alaska Flag Day is an occasion to celebrate the flag and learn from our history. ... Volunteer marine expedition maps one of Alaska’s most notorious shipwrecks. 5.

In 1959, 32 years after Benny won the contest, Alaska became our 49th state, and his flag has waved proudly ever since. A memorial to Benny Benson shows his design for Alaska’s flag in 1827, 32 ...

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 ...

A state of Alaska flag flies outside the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, March 11, 2022. The state has issued a corrected birth certificate for Benny Benson, the teenager ...

A celebration of Venetia Burney and Benny Benson, who named Pluto and designed Alaska's state flag at the ages of 11 and 13, respectively. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

On October 18, 1867, the flag of Russia at the governor’s house in Sitka, Alaska was lowered, a United States flag rose in its place, and America took control of the Alaskan territories.