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Test your knowledge of Alaska, The Last Frontier, with this quiz! Discover fascinating facts about its state symbols, unique ...
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 ...
So on July 9, Alaska Flag Day, I am revisiting the story of our "simple flag," and I hope you too will find a renewed sense of pride in our flag's beautiful simplicity.
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 ...
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 ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The fate of one of Alaska’s most historic yet neglected structures could be decided Monday as city officials in Seward weigh whether to demolish a former Methodist boarding ...
The abandoned residential school in Seward where the first Alaska flag flew will come down. The Seward City Council voted Monday to demolish the nearly century-old building.
ANCHORAGE — 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 save it ...
This undated photo shows a building that remains at the site of the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska, where the territorial flag, which later became the Alaska state flag, was first flown.