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This Father's Day weekend brings another, more obscure holiday in the U.S.: Flag Day. Here's what the holiday is and how and when it started.
An image of LeBron James holding the American flag during the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony has already become a viral meme. The four-time NBA champ, who served as the nation's flag bearer ...
A bill which would redesign the Washington State flag has been blasted as "un-American" by state Republicans who fear a redesign would remove George Washington from the state flag.. The bill, HB ...
There’s controversy gusting through the Washington Legislature over a proposed redesign of the state flag. House Bill 1938, sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, would create a committee ...
There’s controversy gusting through the Washington Legislature over a proposed redesign of the state flag. House Bill 1938, sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, would create a committee ...
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers have called the proposed law “un-American” and are supporting a bill that would rename Presidents Day to George Washington’s Birthday.
The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over ...
NBA superstar LeBron James made his Olympic return in Paris this year, joining Team USA for the first time since the 2012 London Games. In what could potentially be the last Olympic appearance for ...
In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association ranked Washington’s flag 47th out of 72 U.S. state, U.S. territorial, and Canadian provincial flags due to its complicated seal.
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 ...
Opponents also see a potential flag redesign as an affront to George Washington and his significance as a national hero. “No other state is named after a president. we’re also the only state ...
Other nations, for the most part, reserve the flying of their national colors for government buildings and ceremonial events ...