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It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed - after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
The use of Mexican and other Latin American flags during the protests are a form of symbolism many conservatives are calling ...
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Commentary: Why Flag Day matters to everyone — Tom Purcell
Though President Woodrow Wilson established Flag Day by proclamation in 1916, it wasn’t made permanent until 1949, when ...
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Tom Purcell: Why Flag Day matters
Flag Day, celebrated every June 14, is one of America’s lesser-known holidays, but my father never forgot it. June 14 marks ...
A church spokesman said its congregation is accustomed to the theft of its Pride flags each year, but it's still jarring.
Police in State College, Pennsylvania have arrested 27-year-old Markos Bejiga for allegedly lighting a church’s Pride flag on ...
New Rochelle’s Downtown Summer Sizzle concert series continues this Saturday with Gospel Night. Performances will include gospel singer Kenny Jenkins, Soul Cry Worship, a musical worship team from ...
The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War.
It proudly flies in front of schools. It is raised in front of public and private buildings. It is displayed from the porches and in the front yards of countless homes around the nation. It stands ...