A 1949 federal law designated Flag Day to honor the date in 1777 on which the Continental Congress approved the first national flag design. But local observances started as early as 1885.

The woman often credited with sewing the first national US flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her ...

Union cavalry soldiers, at times ... targeted Confederate officers and other important soldiers, like drummers, flag carriers, buglers and artillerymen. They could shoot nine rounds per minute ...

The royal siblings got emotional as they teamed up for rare joint engagement at Windsor Castle, attending the Household Cavalry new Standards ... large ceremonial flags, to The Life Guards and ...

A row has erupted after Reform UK pledged to ban local authorities from flying any flags aside from the Union Jack or the St George's Cross in councils they control. In last week's local elections ...

The Union County Board of County Commissioners will host the second annual Haitian flag-raising ceremony on Friday, May 2, at noon on the steps of the Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth.

unit continues to exist as the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, which loaned the flag ... of Philadelphia was originally designed with the British union in its upper left corner. The flag was ...

During the Civil War, no flag became a more popular symbol of Union loyalty than the worn and ... was taken by the Secesh [secessionists] in a cavalry fight, and rescued by our men in a bloody ...

General John Hunt Morgan was one of the most famous cavalry officers of the Confederate ... However, he was dismissed for treachery to the flag after stating his intention to join Georgia in its ...

21-year-old Union private Thomas Burke, of the 5th New York Cavalry, would win the first congressional medal of honor won on free soil. Burke won the medal for capturing the flag of the ...