The flag is 4 feet by 5 feet and is trimmed in gold fringe. On the “front,” or obverse side, the center of the flag bears the painted state seal of Virginia, with a female warrior, the symbol ...

They made it through Shiloh, Antietam and Gettysburg, but many of the Civil War battle flags sitting in the nation's state-owned collections might not survive the budget battles being waged in ...

The Palmetto Flag with the crescent and blue background has been South Carolina’s flag since Jan. 28, 1861 — five weeks after the state seceded from the Union and kicked off the Civil War.

BOONSBORO — From the Boonsboro High School campus, Washington Monument on South Mountain is discernible to the naked eye if you look for it among the trees. But to see the 6-foot-by-6-foot flag ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

Aging Civil War veterans carried the flags into the new State Capitol building when it opened in 1905, one of the last public ceremonies in Minnesota commemorating their war service.

LANSING — A parade of replica Civil War flags wove its way back into the state Capitol building on Saturday: 80 flags, each one carried by a descendant of a war veteran or a supporter. It's ...

The day of remembrance originated years after the Civil War and was originally called Decoration Day.. In the U.S., flags lowered on land are referred to as "half-staff," while flags lowered at ...

The state plans to restore 214 battle flags from the Civil War, World War II and the Spanish American War. ... The state has completed restoration of 110 flags since the project began in 2001.

Why Washington state flags will be at half-staff on Tuesday Evans served as governor from 1965 to 1977 and Senator from 1983 to 1989. To stream KGW on your phone, you need the KGW app.

LANSING — A parade of replica Civil War flags wove its way back into the state Capitol building on Saturday: 80 flags, each one carried by a descendant of a war veteran or a supporter.