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 ...

As flag-waving fervor swept the country, one of the nation’s largest collections of Civil War battle flags lay rotting in a hallway of an old state office building.This spring, the flags, which ...

Mark Christ showed an exhibit of Civil War battle flags at the Old State House Museum. He talked about the styles of flags, their history and how they were used, and the strong emotions they evoke ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Civil War era flags representing the 90,000 Michiganders who fought in the war were returned to public display Saturday at the state Capitol building.

The exhibit's ribbon cutting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Oct. 4 at Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flag Education Center and be open for visitors as well on the following two days.