The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in ...

Battle flags are usually designed to inspire a ... the third earl of Essex, during the English Civil War. It’s not Devereux’s fault that his marriage and sex life became a public spectacle ...

Flags signaled other units in battle ... of war. Designating flags were used to organize army units, whereas other flags directly represented the two warring factions. This section displays objects ...

It's a complex issue for the military, said Craig Warren, a Pennsylvania college professor who has authored two books on the Civil War. While the Confederate battle flag's origin is a "military ...

On a Civil War battlefield, the sight of a blue Union battle flag with an eagle seal flying in the wind meant you were surrounded by 1,000 of your closest friends. And in the midst of a battle ...

Michigan Civil War era battle flags returned to display at Michigan Capitol. Video Courtesy Donna Hondorp. New presidential election polls released in Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina ...

Battle-stained flags that survived ferocious fighting fill drawers in cabinets inside the Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flag Education Center in Harrisburg. Each one serves as a memento of a fight ...

IONIA — Worn, but not tattered, a handmade silk Civil War battle flag is slowly fading away in the Ionia County Courthouse. The former Union Army's 21st Volunteer Infantry Regiment battle flag ...

There might not be a lot of mystery surrounding how the Civil War turned out when it ended in April 1865. In the simplest of oversimplified nutshells: The Union defeated the Confederacy.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A long-lost Confederate flag, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and among the rarest Civil War artifacts, will be a top lot for bidders at an Ohio auction house this ...

(WLNS) — Civil War era flags representing the 90,000 Michiganders ... That was 102nd United States Colored Troops Students Company C. “This battle flag procession is a unique experience ...