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American flags are made from start to finish at Allied Materials, a factory in Missouri. The process includes cutting dyed ...
The US flag, the Liberty Bell, and the bald eagle are more than patriotic icons; they embody the history, ideals, and ongoing ...
The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing the first United States national flag. Betsy Ross may have been puzzled ...
Indeed, 12 military men in the American Revolution were drawing pensions in the Civil War, and the photos of six appeared in E.B. Hillard’s book “The Last Men of the Revolution” in 1864.
On Memorial Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until noon in honor of those U.S. military members who died in service. At noon, the flag is raised to full-staff as a "symbol of ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, sold for $468,000 at an Ohio auction house last month ...
“When you have an artifact such as this flag associated with the American Civil War, it is of national importance and meaning,” he said. Jordan Richmond, owner of Richmond Auctions, agrees.
In the 1940s, the Confederate battle flag became entangled in American culture as less of a symbol of a lost war and more of a romanticized emblem of a lost Southern way of life.
Hours after "Black Lives Matter" was spray-painted on monument for "North Carolina's Civil War Governor," H.K. Edgerton stood with a Confederate flag, telling those passing by why he wanted it to ...
That's because the flag on an American servicemember's uniform is backward. That is to say, the canton (the top left corner), which houses the blue field of 50 white stars, is in the upper right.
He had the opportunity to view the actual flag, which is preserved at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond. Downing honors Mundell’s legacy through his participation in Civil War reenactments.