William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

Trump’s 2021 executive order named 244 people to include in a garden of American heroes, and $40 million was allotted this ...

2025 is designated as the 'Year of North Carolina'. In an effort to celebrate the state's character, lawmakers decided to celebrate all existing state symbols, instead of introducing new ones this ...

The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District has removed depictions of Virginia's state flag over the drawing of the Roman goddess Virtus' bare breast, according to a report.

Some forward-looking Illinois lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen.

Illinois' current state flag, nicknamed an SOB, wins in a landslide in a contest to design a new flag, with nearly 43% of votes cast.

Minnesota House Republicans propose a bill to resurrect the old state flag for use on state properties and holidays, alongside the current official flag.

Illinoisans voted in favor of keeping the current design for the state flag, according to the secretary of state.

The current Illinois flag, adopted in 1915, features the eagle from the state seal on a white background. The word "Illinois" was added to the flag in 1970 because it was otherwise so undistinguished.

After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all.

A partisan fight over whether Washington's flag truly represents the state in the best way it could is brewing in Olympia, raising the idea of a redesign.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A proposal to change Washington’s state flag got a public hearing in Olympia Tuesday afternoon. The discussion raised questions about whether the green banner with the state ...