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 ...

If you're looking for simple answers about the Confederate flag's place in contemporary America, don't ask a Civil War reenactor. "Long story short, it's complicated," said Mark Edmondson, who ...

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.