The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

Civil War Flags. Catherine Wright talked about the American Civil War Museum’s collection of Confederate flags and told the stories behind some of the collection’s most historic flags.

From regimental colors to "Old Glory" to the "Blood-stained Banner," flags held a special meaning to soldiers, politicians and civilians alike in the Civil War.

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 ...

At the very center of the celebration’s main venue stood a 30-foot Confederate flag, flanked by a Cuban and a U.S. flag. Speech after speech extolled “ sublime” war — not just the Civil ...

A view of flag of the 119th New York Volunteers at a new exhibit of Civil War battle flags, entitled 1863: Loyal Till Death, on display on the first floor at the State Capitol, seen here on Monday ...

Veterans helped place more than 12,000 American flags on the lakefront in honor of soldiers that died in the Civil War. Skip to content NOWCAST WISN 12 News This Morning ...

Why the Confederate Flag Made a 20th Century Comeback. The popularity of the Confederate battle flag today has more to do with the Civil Rights Movement than the Civil War.

If the public has any information to contribute to the Tennessee Civil War Flag Book Project, e-mail museuminfo@tnmuseum.org or call Myers Brown or Ron Westphal at (615) 741-2692. Proceeds from the ...

The nationalists who lost China's civil war in 1949 fled to Taiwan and set up their own country, taking their flag with them.Watson says he still sees South Vietnam's flag flying in several parts ...

As a reenactor, I recognize that the Confederate battle flag is an inexorable part of American history. Several weekends a year, I see it marched into artificial battle and have often marched along… ...

Civil War flags from museum collection destroyed. ... said it is believed they were donated to the state by an American Legion post in southern Iowa in the 1930s or 1940s.