Vietnam Veteran Cynthia Orndorff, right, touches a brass tactile U.S. flag on VA Pittsburgh’s H.J. Heinz III campus.
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in July dedicated a tactile brass U.S. flag on its H.J. Heinz III campus.
Donated by District 11 of the Pennsylvania Moose Association (PMA), the braille flag ensures every individual, regardless of ability, can recognize and honor the U.S. flag.
“There are more than 1 million Veterans with vision loss in the United States, with approximately 130,000 who are legally blind,” said Teresa Costa of the Pennsylvania Moose Association. “The braille flag ensures that every individual, regardless of ability, can recognize and honor the American flag.” (Read More)
The rainbow Pride Flag waves outside of Bozeman City Hall. (Jupiter Floros, Chronicle)
Bozeman city commissioners voted 4-1 in the waning hours of Tuesday night to adopt the Pride flag as an official flag of the city after hours of public comment.
The move allows the city to again raise the rainbow Pride flag after a state law restricting the type of flags that can be flown outside government buildings went into effect in May. (Read More)
A cowboy-hat wearing, Pride flag-bearing robot is the talk of the town in West Hollywood on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Richard Gonzales)
It doesn’t seem to talk, but its outfit speaks volumes: Pride flags affixed to its elbows, a brown cowboy hat atop its head and and a banner across its chest that appears to bear its name -- "Rizzbot."
There isn’t much more information available about the mysterious android, but it's made waves online since it began to appear on the streets of West Hollywood recently. A quick search on social media sites shows cellphone video of the 4-foot-tall, 70-pound robot doing dance moves, interacting with strangers and even running across Santa Monica Boulevard on a crosswalk. (Read More)
Infantry basic trainees being hazed under a Trump-inspired flag. (TikTok)
The Army has launched an investigation after a drill sergeant posted a video showing soldiers being hazed beneath a MAGA flag, which runs afoul of multiple military regulations prohibiting partisan political activity in uniform and on federal property.
Staff Sgt. Thomas Mitchell on Friday uploaded the video to TikTok, showing a group of trainees performing push-ups and burpees in full body armor under a banner that read, "This Is Ultra MAGA Country." The video was later deleted. But shortly after, Mitchell posted a second video showing the same exercising in the same location, this time with the flag removed. The caption: "Cry about it." (Read More)
Flags and veteran grave markers were removed and/or stolen from Mt. View Cemetery in Camden over the past weekend. (Jeff Sukeforth)
Sometime between Friday afternoon, July 11, and Sunday evening, July 13, more than 216 American flags and markers placed on U.S. veteran graves were removed and stolen at the Mount View Cemetery, on Mountain Street in Camden.
And, the large American flag on the pole at the cemetery had also been removed. (Read More)
Adams Street where the red, white and green colored lines were painted over. (Suzanne Kreiter, Globe Staff)
For nearly a century, a half-mile stretch of road in Newton hasn’t been bisected by a double yellow line but instead a continuous tricolor line to honor the Italian enclave.
Lined with Italian flags, the center line of Adams Street in Newton’s Nonantum neighborhood has been painted red, white, and green since 1935, the St. Mary of Carmen Society said. But a few weeks before the society’s annual festival, the City of Newton removed the iconic lines in favor of double yellow. (Read More)
A post going around social media claims Bubba Wallace, the only black driver in NASCAR's top circuit, is calling for NASCAR to eliminate the white flag because it has racist overtones.
This story is fiction.
The website Snopes did some digging and found the rumor originated on a Facebook page called Elite Gridiron that produces satirical content. (Read More)
Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Super Bowl LIX halftime show on February 9, 2025, in New Orleans, LA. (Patrick Smith, Getty Images)
Imagine your average Fourth of July party. There are probably hot dogs on the grill, everyone is clad in red, white, and blue, and it culminates in a fireworks show. It may sound like a lovely way to spend a day off. But for a lot of Americans, the celebration, and the flag itself, are more complicated than that.
That’s the question that Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in show, is setting out to tackle this holiday weekend: What’s the relationship like between Black people and the American flag? (Read More)
This patriotic question, as we come out of the holiday weekend, was suggested by Dispatch staffer Cole Behrens.
If you haven't paid careful attention to flagpoles in the state, the Buckeye State's banner is not your typical rectangle. It ends in two triangles that dip to a point in the middle. (Read More)
Close your eyes and picture the Wyoming state flag.
You can probably visualize the white bison on a field of dark blue with the state seal, inside borders of red and white. (Read More)
Posted July 11, 2025
Dreamland Ballroom in the News A Shared Legacy -(Inviting Arkansas)
Kerry McCoy and Trent Montgomery on the stage of the Dreamland Ballroom (Sarah Oden)
Arkansas Festival Ballet and Dreamland Ballroom come together with a vision of preservation + celebration. Kerry McCoy and Trent Montgomery will welcome friends to Dreamland Ballroom for an afternoon of lively libations, live entertainment and lots of excitement for the new season. This partnership represents a deep devotion to a shared legacy: community. (Read More)
Flag and Banner, located in the historic Taborian Hall at 800 W 9th Street in Little Rock, is undergoing some changes to its retail space, owner Kerry McCoy said.
She said that Flag and Banner will “stick to our core business” but move the retail store’s entrance to the back entrance of the building, which is its warehouse. (Read More)
Sales of the Maple Leaf flag are flying high ahead of Canada Day – partly due to threats to Canada’s sovereignty from the U.S.
Victoria’s Gord Morrison bought his first-ever Canadian flag three days ago.
“Hung proudly on our balcony in James Bay,” he said Monday, with a smile.
He’s not alone. In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated calls to annex the country, there’s been a surge in patriotism.
A Research Co. poll says the biggest source of that pride is the flag. Seventy-nine per cent of respondents said the Canadian flag makes them feel proud. (Read More)
Twelve golden stars, explicitly, and in contrast to some national flags, not representing member states or units but "the ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among the peoples of Europe", how the European Commission website puts it.
In 1983, towards the tail end of its first legislature as a directly elected law-making body, the European Parliament decided to adopt it as the symbol of what we now know as the EU but was then still known as the European Communities. (Read More)
A protester holds a Palestinian flag with the words "Gaza" and "Sudan" during the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans on Feb. 9. (Chandan Khanna, Getty Images)
A Super Bowl halftime show performer was charged Thursday with two misdemeanors, about 4 1/2 months after he ran across the field at the Superdome waving a flag that included the words “Sudan and Free Gaza,” Louisiana State Police said.
Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, 41, turned himself in to authorities to face charges of resisting a police officer and disturbing the peace by interrupting a lawful assembly, police said. He surrendered in coordination with his attorney and was booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center. (Read More)
The owner of Collier Drug Stores said the chain is heading to court in the City of Fayetteville over a dispute involving an electronic sign at the company's Dickson Street location displaying a waving American flag.
Mel Collier, the current owner and president of the drug store, said the debacle started with a June 2024 complaint from an unnamed community member. (Read More)
The pre-revolutionary flag (left) is used by some groups that oppose the Iranian regime, and the official flag (right) is associated with the current regime in power. (David Swanson and Mohsin Raza, Reuters)
As people take to the streets amid the crisis in Iran, more than one version of the country's flag can be seen being waved.
Both the official flag and another flag, the Lion and Sun, are politically charged, with deep ties to Iran's history and the ongoing struggles of its people.
The official flag is associated with the current regime in power, while the lion and sun design is the pre-revolutionary flag and is used by some opposition groups.
At first glance, it might seem like a simple case of divided loyalties — two sides, two flags — but the reality is more nuanced. (Read More)
Vandalism targeting pride flags and LGBTQ displays across two St. Paul neighborhoods has concerned — and united — residents this week.
So far, the St. Paul Police Department has taken 16 reports of damage to pride flags in the Highland Park and Macalester-Groveland neighborhoods.
"We found this just up the street," said Kelly Sofio, showing KARE 11 what was left of her pride flag, which appeared to be either ripped, or cut, to shreds. "My assumption was a knife was used to destroy it." (Read More)
A man is facing felony charges after police say he was caught stealing and burning both a U.S. and a Prison of War (POW) flag from a Clearwater post office.
Clearwater police say 24-year-old Jose Cañas Vargas stole the flags just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the post office located on South Belcher Road. (Read More)
A piece of state legislation that would limit city regulations on the display of flags will now be heading to the Senate floor.
The House passed House Bill 926 79-31 yesterday after a third reading, which will now be heard in the Senate.
H.B. 926 includes language that says cities cannot enforce ordinances on the size of an American or North Carolina flag and flagpole on private property. (Read More)
Little Rock’s Dreamland Ballroom is set for a music event reflecting the history of the building.
At 7 p.m. on Friday, July 25, a one-night show of the Swing Band Reunion will take place at the ballroom. Tickets are $20 per person and may be purchased online. (Read More)
Pride flags vandalized near Rainbow Crossing in metro Atlanta. (Atlanta News First)
Four people were charged and two others got away after Pride flags near the rainbow crosswalk in northeast Atlanta were vandalized overnight, according to the Atlanta Police Department (APD).
All four are facing a pending hate crime charge, according to APD. (Read More)
A crowd of Iranians protest the US airstrikes on nuclear facilities while in Enghelab Square in Tehran on Sunday. (Atta Kenare, AFP)
Iranians chanting, “Death to America!” and waving flags with anti-American slogans have taken to the streets of the capital after US strikes on the country’s nuclear sites Saturday.
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was pictured with students at an anti-US rally Sunday in Tehran, according to the Iranian government-affiliated Mehr news agency.
Pro-government supporters holding banners reading, “Down with the USA” and, “We are ready for the big battle” were seen during the protests. (Read More)
One Maryland school district finds itself in federal court again over a hot button political issue.
A middle school teacher in Montgomery County is accusing her principal and the board of education of "unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution."
Hibah Sayed teaches science and coding to sixth and seventh grade students at Sligo Middle School in Silver Spring.
On her classroom door, Sayed had several flag stickers, including of Palestine. (Read More)
Glastonbury 2025 is on the horizon, and as ever, will no doubt be packed with history-making performances, powerful speeches and surprise appearances.
This year is the last Glastonbury before it takes a fallow year, allowing the land at Worthy Farm to recover - so there's no excuse not to throw the biggest party yet. (Read More)
The protesters marched down Queen Street in Auckland carrying a massive banner which read 'NZ's official religion: Christianity'. (BrianTamaki, X)
In a controversial protest led by fundamentalist religious leader Brian Tamaki, protesters in New Zealand's Auckland desecrated flags representing non-Christian religions. The flags, which included Hindu, Islamic, Palestinian, Buddhist symbols, were torn and stomped on, followed by haka performances after each act. Tamaki also targeted immigrant communities, claiming Sikhs "no longer employ Kiwis" and called for a policy of "no immigration without assimilation". (Read More)
United States and POW/MIA flags were spotted hung upside down at three separate sites in southern Brooklyn (New York Post)
United States and POW/MIA flags were hoisted and hung upside down at three separate sites in southern Brooklyn Friday, infuriating locals who blamed the disrespect on anti-American, far-left policies being pushed by New York pols.
The city Parks Department confirmed it sent crews Friday to fix the improperly-flying flags at John J. Carty Park and the Fort Hamilton Triangle in Bay Ridge, and Bath Beach Park in Bensonhurst. Carty Park is – next door to the Fort Hamilton Army base. (Read More)
As my plane taxied to the gate after a recent flight to Chicago, I noticed something really odd: The American flag on a nearby aircraft heading to the runway was painted backward. Then I started spotting the same thing everywhere—flags with the stars on the right instead of the left. Even more confusing, some planes had the flag displayed in its typical orientation, with stars in the upper left and stripes flowing to the right. (Read More)
Juneteenth in Da Rock spreads west from Broadway on West Ninth Street. Akeem Kemp will be among the musical performers. (Democrat-Gazette file photos)
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St. at Broadway, Little Rock, hosts the 16th Juneteenth in Da Rock festival on Saturday.
The celebration includes the fourth annual Juneteenth in Da Rock 5K walk/run, 7-9 a.m., in which participants will run past and through Little Rock Black history landmarks, including Arkansas Baptist College, Philander Smith University and Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. (Read More)
Posted June 20, 2025
Dreamland Ballroom in the News Juneteenth Events -(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
A number of events will be held this week to commemorate Juneteenth. The events include:
"SIP & SOUL: A Juneteenth Celebration" -- on Thursday at Indigo Blue Coffee House, 212 West Barraque Street in Pine Bluff.
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's "Juneteenth in the Bluff: Arts & Culture Festival" on Friday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra performance from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the ASO Stella Boyle Smith Music Center, 1101 E. Third St., in downtown Little Rock.
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center's "Juneteenth in Da Rock" event in Downtown Little Rock on West 9th St. on Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
An Open House at Doc's Poolhall on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., located on the ground floor of historic Taborian Hall, on State Street, facing the Juneteenth in Da Rock festivities.
A U.S. flag flies at the top of a newly installed 100-foot-tall pole on the South Lawn of the White House. (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
Massive new flag poles hoisting United States flags have been installed on the White House grounds after President Donald Trump said they were desperately needed and that he would pay for them himself.
The placement of the two 88-foot-tall flagpoles — one on the north lawn and one on the south lawn — began early in the morning of June 18. (Read More)
An Appeal to Heaven flag hoisted outside the SBA in Washington, DC on June 11, 2025. (sba_kelly, X)
A controversial “Appeal to Heaven” flag that has recently become associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement and Christian nationalism was flown above the Small Business Administration (SBA) agency last week in Washington, DC.
On June 11, Kelly Loeffler, the former senator from Georgia and current administrator of the SBA, participated in a ceremony where a new flag of the United States was raised over the agency’s headquarters. Just beneath that flag, on what appeared to be the same halyard, was an Appeal to Heaven flag. Sources tell WIRED that the “Appeal to Heaven” flag was raised for less than a day. (Read More)
Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., is reintroducing a bill this week to end the display of LGBTQ+ pride flags on federal property, The Daily Signal has learned.
The Patriotism Not Pride Act, if enacted, would “prohibit certain federal activity with respect to the promotion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Pride Month and the display of flags representing sexual orientation or gender identity on federal property or grounds.”
Brecheen previously introduced the bill in 2023, but it did not receive a vote. (Read More)
Prime Minister Mark Carney greets U.S. President Donald Trump during the G7 Leaders' Summit on June 16, 2025 in Kananaskis, Alta. (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
The lapel pin is perhaps indicative of a warming relationship between the two countries... (Read More)
Roughly 2,000 organized “No Kings” protests took place on Saturday across the U.S., and Santa Cruz County accounted for at least two of them.
Downtown Santa Cruz and downtown Watsonville were enlivened on Saturday with thousands of protesters, and an enterprising protester could have made it to both events (Santa Cruz was, in fact, a morning event while Watsonville took place in the afternoon) (Read More)
Many demonstrators carried American flags at Chicago’s “No Kings” rally held in opposition to President Donald Trump’s administration Saturday. (Audrey Pachuta, The Daily Northwestern)
Brent Showalter knew his outfit was a little ridiculous. That was the point.
Strapped into a homemade military tank costume, built from cardboard, duct tape and hot glue, he joined the crowd gathered in Chicago’s Daley Plaza on Saturday for the city’s “No Kings” protest — one of more than 1,500 demonstrations nationwide against President Donald Trump’s administration.
“I always like to have a good time, and going to a protest like this, I just wanted to point out the absurdity that everyone is accepting as the new normal,” Showalter said, referring to a military parade that also took place in the nation’s capital Saturday. (Read More)
Anti-ICE protesters shout at a line of LAPD officers outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times)
Vendors were selling a variety of colorful national flags in downtown L.A. on Wednesday, but Axel Martinez settled on one with with Old Glory on one half and the Mexican flag on the other.
The 26-year-old was born in the U.S., raised in Mexico City and returned to the States because of the opportunity, he said. On Wednesday, he stood among hundreds of other demonstrators outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown L.A. who were facing off with National Guard troops on Alameda Street. About a dozen other flags — from Mexico, the U.S., California, Guatemala and El Salvador — fluttered over the crowd. (Read More)
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) handed out small flags on Capitol Hill with the message: “Patriotism does not belong to one party.” (Mary Altaffer, AP Photo)
Democrats’ newest approach to win back voters is a fresh embrace of the nation’s oldest symbol.
Two days ahead of Flag Day, when President Donald Trump’s military parade will run through the streets of Washington, Democratic Reps. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) fanned out Thursday afternoon to give a gift to their colleagues to unite them. (Read More)
Anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles burn an American flag. (Oliya Scootercaster, FreedomNewsTV)
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.., is introducing legislation that creates new penalties for rioters who burn the American flag Thursday, Fox News Digital has learned.
Hawley says he discussed the flag burnings in Los Angeles with President Donald Trump and the pair agreed that desecrating the American flag should come with additional penalties. If passed, the bill would add one year in prison for flag burners on top of any rioting conviction. (Read More)
Protests are planned for 1,800 communities across the country June 14, the same day President Donald Trump holds a military parade in Washington.
For decades, the GOP has claimed most of the symbols of patriotism, including the American flag, but the people protesting Trump, a Republican, say they are the true patriots now. (Read More)
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for one year in jail for protesters that burn the American flag. This comes amid five days of protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles and smaller protests that have popped up in other cities like Dallas and Austin.
Flag burning is considered a form of political expression and protected under the First Amendment after the Supreme Court ruled in the 1989 Texas v. Johnson case. (Read More)
This new rule follows the display of several statement flags in the past year. (Climbing.com)
The day after seven climbers temporarily rigged a trans pride flag on El Capitan, the Yosemite Superintendent announced a new ban on flags. The ban applies within wilderness areas or potential wilderness areas inside the national park. Designated wilderness comprises over 94% of Yosemite’s total acreage, including El Cap. (Read More)
A demonstrator waving a Mexican flag in the LA protests. (Barbara Davidson, REUTERS)
Dramatic footage of a masked protester on a dirt bike waving a Mexican flag as he performs donuts around a blazing car in Los Angeles has become a symbol of the anti-ICE riots in the city.
The drone footage of the masked protester went viral after it was shared on X — and many observers say it gives President Trump a propaganda coup as he works to round up and deport migrants from LA and other sanctuary cities.
Photos and video from the riots show multiple protesters in Los Angeles waving foreign flags as they confronted federal agents. (Read More)
Today, the Postal Service dedicated a new U.S. Flag stamp at a ceremony at the Vickers Theater in Three Oaks.
“An enduring emblem of freedom, national unity and patriotic spirit, the flag of the United States has flown proudly stateside, abroad and even on the surface of the moon,” said Donald Dombrow Jr., the Postal Service’s Michigan 2 District manager, who spoke at the ceremony.
Other speakers included photographer Doug Haight, whose artwork is featured on the stamp. (Read More)
U.S. Army veterans Renee Robb-Truitt and B.I. Murrell are preparing to raise the two flags for the special anniversary. (American Legion Post 105)
On June 14, Fayette County American Legion Post 105 will raise the flag of the U.S. Army and the historic "Betsy Ross" Flag in front of the historic Log Cabin in Fayetteville.
In tradition, the Army Flag is raised to commemorate the formation of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, which was 250 years ago this year. (Read More)
The City of Greenville filed a lawsuit Thursday against Camping World for violating city code regarding the size of the American flag and flagpole it is flying on.
The action comes after Greenville City Council voted 4-2 in March to authorize the City to file a civil action against Camping World.
We’re awaiting specific details on the lawsuit.
The city says a notice of violation was first filed back on October 31st and the Camping World has not appealed that notice and has failed to pay a significant portion of accrued civil penalties. (Read More)
Jack Whitehall waves the chequered flag (Sam Bagnall, Motorsport Images)
In Formula 1, the black and white chequered flag marks the end of a race and the driver who is waved off first with it is the winner. But what does it mean when, as seen several times over the 2025 F1 season, two chequered flags are waved at the conclusion of a grand prix? (Read More)
A modified US flag hung on the side of a building in Washington, D.C. (Rob Brunner)
Last week, an 18-foot-by-30-foot American flag with a green star printed beneath the white ones replaced a banner that read, “Welcome back, Mr. President!” outside the National Grange building on H Street, Northwest. Ryan Lambert, the building’s owner, says he asked his staff to print the star to demonstrate support for President Trump’s calls to buy Greenland, an autonomous territory that Denmark owns. Trump has also proposed making Canada the US’s 51st state, an idea that generated enormous backlash north of the 49th parallel. (Read More)
If you head to the National Mall in D.C. this week you will see 30,000 small flags planted on the lawn in front of the U.S. Capitol. There’s a mix of American and purple flags to represent the millions who suffer from migraines and other headache disorders.
Each of the flags represents 1,500 people, according to Julienne Verdi with the Alliance for Headache Disorders Advocacy or AHDA. The instillation is called “Headache on the Hill” and coincides with Migraine and Headache Awareness Month. (Read More)
The Missoula City Council approved a resolution recognizing the pride flag as the only official flag of the city of Missoula at Monday’s meeting.
Ryan Sudbury, the city attorney for the City of Missoula, verified that the pride flag is the only official flag of the city of Missoula after the adoption at Monday night's evening.
"Currently, there is only one official flag for the City of Missoula, and that's the Pride flag adopted last night. There was no prior official flag," Sudbury told NBC Montana via email. (Read More)
An LGBTQ+ nonprofit is pushing the city of Lynnwood to update what it's calling an outdated law after the group's requests to fly a pride flag at a city park were denied.
Visitors to Wilcox Park will notice dozens of American flags and a POW flag. Lynnwood Pride argues pride flags should be allowed there, too, considering one is flying at city hall. However, a Lynnwood spokesperson explains that, for now, that's not the city's policy. (Read More)
A group of LGBTQ climbers and advocates hung a large transgender pride flag in the middle of Yosemite’s famous El Capitan rock formation on Tuesday.
Trans Is Natural, which describes itself as a coalition of transgender, queer and ally climbers, said in a statement that its members unfurled the flag “in an act of solidarity and resistance.” (Read More)
A silent book club meets monthly at the Coolidge Corner branch of the Brookline Public Library. (Photo: Brookline Public Library)
After a tense debate and a public comment campaign, Brookline’s Board of Library Trustees authorized the town’s libraries to display Pride and Black Lives Matter flags in June.
Pride, Black Lives Matter, and other flags — Stop Asian Hate flags and flags condemning antisemitism — were displayed outside the library’s three branches for years until May 2023, when former Library Director Amanda Hirst implemented a facility and grounds policy that led to their removal. (Read More)
It’s out with the old and in with the new Monday as Tremont fourth graders learned how to properly retire American flags.
To encourage patriotism among younger generations, the Tremont Grade School “fist-bumping veterans” taught fourth graders for a third year the proper way to retire our nation’s flag and the meaning behind the 13 folds.
After retiring around 120 flags and 25 military flags, the students cut the fabric up to be made into beds for the TAPS in Pekin.
Rick Otey, a veteran and organizer, said these traditions should be passed down to the younger generation. (Read More)
The 200-foot flag from the 2023 Pride event. (Cody Aldrich)
At last year's Pride festival, a 400-foot rainbow banner became the largest flag ever displayed in the state. This year, organizers are upping the ante.
A 600-foot pennant — which is triple the length of the event's 2023 flag — will be unveiled May 30. (Read More)
Twelve military veterans carrying an American flag while running across the country passed the 1,500-mile halfway point Saturday on the border of Oklahoma and Texas. (KTEN)
Twelve military veterans carrying an American flag while running a 7 to 8 minute per mile pace passed the 1,500-mile halfway point Saturday on the border of Oklahoma and Texas.
The event is the Old Glory Ultra Relay by Team Red, White & Blue. These veterans began their journey in San Diego and will finish in Washington D.C. while sleeping in shifts. The flag never stops. (Read More)
A North Carolina man was sentenced Friday for damaging federal property in Columbus Circle during a July 2024 protest, according to the United States District Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia.
Michael Snow Jr., 25, will serve 40 hours of community service and four months of probation after pleading guilty in February to destruction of government property. (Read More)
The Massachusetts state flag flies in front of Boston City Hall. (Steven Senne, AP)
Massachusetts is getting a new seal, flag and motto, and officials are turning to the public for help.
The Massachusetts Seal, Flag, and Motto Advisory Commission was established by the Legislature in 2024 to propose a new seal, flag and motto of the commonwealth. But before they make their official proposal, they want to see ideas from the public. (Read More)
The flags inside city hall at Salt Lake City. (Melissa Majchrzak, AP)
Earlier this year, Utah and Idaho’s Republican-controlled legislatures passed bans on flying the rainbow pride flags and other “unofficial flags” on government property.
Leaders in both states’ capital cities, Salt Lake City and Boise, recently devised an inventive workaround – changing their official flags.
Salt Lake City’s mayor, Erin Mendenhall, proposed the adoption of three new city flags, which were unanimously approved by the city council. All three have the city’s traditional sego lily design, respectively imposed over a pride flag, a trans flag and a Juneteenth commemoration flag. (Read More)
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is proposing three new city flags. (Kirby Lee, USA Today)
Salt Lake City adopted three new city flags Tuesday, an effort to circumvent a new Utah law that effectively banned flying LGBTQ Pride and other flags at public buildings in the state.
Mayor Erin Mendenhall, a Democrat, presented the proposal to the City Council, which adopted it at its meeting Tuesday night. It incorporates the city's flag into designs celebrating Juneteenth, LGBTQ rights and trans rights. (Read More)
Dr. John Parkerson arrived at his Falls Road office to find his Israeli flag missing, while all other flags remained intact. Surveillance footage revealed that at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, a masked thief carrying a knife slashed the flag before fleeing in a dark vehicle. (Read More)
A Pride flag flies in front of Boise City Hall, just blocks from the Idaho Capitol. (Erika Bolstad, Stateline)
The day the flag bill came up for a vote in the Idaho Senate this spring, state Sen. Melissa Wintrow had no plans to speak against it. As the top Democratic leader in her chamber, she had already spent the legislative session in constant, vocal opposition to the Republican-dominated legislative agenda.
“I thought: ‘Oh, this stupid flag bill once again,’” Wintrow said. “I’ll just vote ‘no’ quietly because I’ve just really been in people’s grille about things.” (Read More)
The flag is a protest against the current Trump administration's policies.
An upside-down American flag is gaining attention outside a business in Westfield.
The upside-down flag outside of Cloots Auto Body in Westfield is certainly turning some heads. According to the owner, it is his form of protest against the current Trump administration.
If you have driven by Cloots Auto Body along Route 202 in Westfield, you may have noticed an upside-down American flag on a pole outside the business. The owner, Gary Cloutier, who’s a left-leaning independent, believes that the current state of the country warrants this type of action. (Read More)
The Tribal Flag Plaza is pictured under construction on April 23, on the Capitol Mall in St. Paul. (Ben Hovland, MPR News)
The state’s Capitol Mall will see some changes over the next decade. The Capitol Mall Design Framework aims to develop the mall into a welcoming space for more Minnesotans and to represent the state’s diversity better.
“It’s looking at what has the Capitol Mall been and how could it best represent Minnesotans going forward,” said Erik Cedarleaf Dahl, the executive secretary of the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board. (Read More)
Sarah Gray, co-owner of Pewaukee Tattoo Parlor, has spent two decades building a business she hoped would serve people from all walks of life.
"Year one, I had written that I wanted to be a shop owner," she said. "It was a leap of faith. I went to work every day hoping someone would just walk in the door." (Read More)
As the beach season approaches, new warning flags will be introduced along the Dutch coastline to better inform beachgoers of potential hazards in the sea. For years, the Dutch used a system of red, yellow, and red-yellow flags to indicate different levels of danger. However, research revealed that many beach visitors did not fully understand the meaning of these flags, leading to potential risks, NOS reports. (Read More)
Large banners were hung on a pedestrian bridge in Little Rock on Thursday evening as part of a protest against the Trump administration. (KATV)
Large banners were hung on a pedestrian bridge in Little Rock on Thursday evening as part of a protest against the Trump administration.
The bridge, which spans Interstate 630 just west of the Woodrow Street overpass, became a focal point for demonstrators during rush hour. Protesters also carried signs along the access road, drawing attention from passing motorists. (Read More)
Chinese coast guard offices display their national flag on a tiny sandbar in the disputed Sandy Cay in April, 2025.
China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint for global conflict.
The rival photo opportunities unfolded on Sandy Cay, a string of three uninhabited sandbars which lie near a Philippine military outpost in the disputed Spratly Islands. (Read More)
Asaad Al-Shaibani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, raises the new flag of Syrian Arab Republic during a flag raising event held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. (Read More)
President Trump, left, talks with Dale Haney, head White House groundskeeper, right, on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein, AP)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed plans to install two "beautiful" 100-foot flagpoles on the White House lawns that will each fly an American flag.
Trump told reporters about the plans after he was spotted touring the North Lawn of the White House with Dale Haney, head White House groundskeeper.
"We're putting up a beautiful, almost 100-foot-tall American flag," Trump said, adding that the two flagpoles will be "top of the line." (Read More)
Mayor Lauren McLean putting Pride and Donate Life flags back up after activists covered them. (Pam Hemphill)
Far-right activists covered two flags at Boise City Hall that have become the source of controversy, and added a flag linked with conservative movements.
The mayor showed up on Sunday morning to remove the protesters' flag herself.
A two-minute video posted at 8:14 a.m. to social media by Casey Whalen shows locals known for their far-right views, including David Pettinger, placing a ladder against the City Hall flagpoles while the sky is still dark. Pettinger wears dark clothing as the "Mission: Impossible" movie theme song plays.
A figure in the video adds an "Appeal to Heaven" flag to one of the poles before covering two existing flags with what appeared to be black plastic bags. (Read More)
A Union flag erected on a lamp-post in the new housing development
Some families in a new mixed-use social housing development in Lisburn have said they feel intimidated after a group of men placed flags on lampposts.
The group was wearing dark clothes and hoods and was seen erecting the Union flags on Saturday evening in Altona Drive and Altona Gardens. One man said he was told if anyone removed the flags, "their house will be burnt".
Police said they would engage with "local community representatives and partner agencies around any complaints about flags". It comes just weeks after some residents were sent leaflets claiming to be from a loyalist paramilitary organisation. (Read More)
Matthew Skic, director of Collections and Exhibitions (left), and Michael Hensinger, senior manager of K-12 Education (right) fire shots to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the "shot heard 'round the world" (Tyger Williams, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Museum of the American Revolution on Saturday unveiled the largest exhibit of Revolutionary War flags in more than two centuries, featuring about half of the 30 flags still known to exist.
The “Banners of Liberty” exhibit opening coincided with the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard ‘round the world” that started the American Revolutionary War during the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. (Read More)
The state flag of Virginia has been banned in a Texas school district over the depiction of a Roman goddess with an exposed bare boob, according to a report.
The Houston area’s Lamar Consolidated Independent School Distric removed the Virginia state flag from online learning platforms used by elementary schoolers because of a classically depicted drawing of a bare bosom, according to a report from Axios. (Read More)
A woman is in custody after allegedly vandalizing 21 flags representing the former Republic of Vietnam along Bellaire Boulevard in Houston, raising concerns within the Vietnamese-American community and prompting calls for a hate crime investigation.
Video shows the 44-year-old woman, fully covered, using scissors to cut chunks out of each flag, discarding them on the ground as she moved from one to the next. The incident occurred Sunday evening. She was eventually apprehended by Houston police. (Read More)
Suicide Awareness & Remembrance Flag created by Air Force veteran Kevin Hertell (News12)
Kevin Hertell created the SAR flag to unify veterans toward a specific cause - including creating awareness and serving as a remembrance of members of the military who die by suicide. He never intended for the flag to become a point of contention among vets.
The proposed bill in front of the Suffolk County Legislature would require the SAR flag to fly at county buildings where the POW-MIA flag flies. Kevin says it would help to raise awareness, but also help to remove the stigma associated with suicide. (Read More)
Mark Carney has only been prime minister for a few weeks, but that hasn’t stopped some from changing their F*CK TRUDEAU flags to pay homage to the new boss.
A pair of F*CK CARNEY flags now fly in front of a Perkinsfield home along with another supporting U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
Some say the flags are offensive, especially given the current state of the U.S./Canada relationship, and Trump’s propensity to stir things up with anybody, anywhere at anytime.
The home sits just down from St. Patrick's Parish Church, directly across from Perkinsfield Park. (Read More)
The Black History Commission of Arkansas and the Arkansas State Archives will host their annual summer symposium from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock.
The symposium, “Cultural Significance of Buildings in the Community,” will offer participants a unique perspective on Arkansas architecture owned and built by Black Arkansans. Speakers include Dr. Kelly Jones, Randy Hendrix, Angel Burks, and Dr. Jesse Hargrove. Topics will focus on community pools, the Latimore Tourist Home, the Dreamland Ballroom, and the Thomas C. McRae Memorial Sanitorium. (Read More)
What does the flag of Vatican City look like? What should it look like?
Beyond the recognizable general design of the yellow-and-white flag with the crossed keys on its right side representing the papacy, most Catholics — even if they see this flag displayed every day at their parish — don’t scrutinize the details. (Read More)
A University of Idaho junior says a flag his mother sent him as a joke ended up costing him his housing.
Michael Leggett told Idaho News 6 that the “Trump Train” flag — a bright-blue banner featuring a cartoon train and the phrase “All Aboard the Trump Train” — hung inside his off-campus apartment, not visible from the outside. But when he and his roommate tried to renew their lease this spring, their landlords declined. (Read More)
Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis is sending another message to Greenville City Council that he will not back down when it comes to the huge American flag and flagpole at his business in Greenville.
In a post on “X” Tuesday, Lemonis tells officials from Greenville and Sevierville, Tennessee, “I’ll see you in court.”
Greenville has authorized court action against Lemonis because the flag and flagpole exceed city code. Sevierville has already filed a lawsuit over the size of the flagpole. That case is due in court later this month. (Read More)
More than a dozen state legislatures are considering bills that would ban the display of most flags in government buildings, including Pride flags — a push that civil rights groups say unfairly targets LGBTQ+ people’s expression.
Utah last week became the first state to bar the display of all but approved flags at schools and government buildings, and Idaho legislators sent a similar bill to the governor this week. Meanwhile, a raft of bills governing the display of flags has wound through statehouses across the nation, including Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin and Illinois, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the Movement Advancement Project, a research group that supports LGBTQ rights. (Read More)
A father and two sons scaled Moonlight Buttress in Zion National Park to hang an American flag last Wednesday.
Joe Evermore told St. George News he has four boys: Sam Adventure, 10; Sylvan Lightyear, 8; Joey Danger, 5; and Blaise, 3 months old. Sylvan and Sam climbed with their father, spending two nights on the cliffside and working on the rigging team.
Evermore said displaying the flag was a response to upside-down flags placed in parks to protest the Trump Administration's efforts to reduce the federal workforce. (Read More)
The rare regimental battle flag, long thought lost to history, was carried by the 11th Virginia Infantry and captured by Union forces during Pickett's Charge in the Battle of Gettysburg. (Fleischer's Auctions)
A rare artifact from the Civil War is set to go up for auction later this month in Columbus: a regimental battle flag of the 11th Virginia Infantry, which was captured during Pickett's Charge. The desperate maneuver on the third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg was a disaster for the Confederacy and a turning point in the war.
The flag will be featured during Fleischer’s Auctions’ two-day spring premier auction, “Historical Americana and African American History,” which is taking place April 25 and 26. (Read More)
People take part in what was billed as a cross-border friendship rally in Point Edward, Ont., on Saturday, March 29. The community, just outside Sarnia, shares a border with Port Huron, Mich. (Colin Graf)
Waving both Canadian and American flags, residents near Sarnia, Ont., turned out for what was billed as a friendship rally between the two countries under the Blue Water Bridge linking Ontario and Michigan Saturday afternoon.
However, voicing their political opinions was top of the list for many attendees who feel – despite outcry from industry and political leaders – that tariffs being imposed on Canadian goods by U.S. President Donald Trump are not a major threat here. (Read More)
Utah became the first state to prohibit flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at schools and all government buildings after the Republican governor announced he was allowing a ban on unsanctioned flag displays to become law without his signature.
Gov. Spencer Cox, who made the announcement late Thursday night, said he continues to have serious concerns with the policy but chose not to reject it because his veto would likely be overridden by the Republican-controlled Legislature. (Read More)
Led by Project Rainbow Utah, volunteers staked more than 1,800 transgender pride flags across Utah ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31.
Mia Allen prefers to keep an open mind.
“You never know who’s in your neighborhood and what their life is like,” said Allen, an operations project manager with Project Rainbow Utah.
She believes something as simple as a flag can have a big impact.
“Putting that up through neighborhoods and even rural communities across our state can touch so many lives,” she said. (Read More)
Tribal flags from the 22 Arizona tribes. (Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community)
On March 18, the flags of Arizona’s 22 tribal nations were removed from the Carl. T. Hayden VA Medical Center in central Phoenix and returned back to the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community. This has sparked outrage among the Tribes in Arizona.
This is part of a new flag policy implemented by the Department of Veteran Affairs that limits the display of flags at VA facilities. The policy is “intended to establish consistency across the department and aligns with longstanding Department of Defense guidelines,” the VA stated in a news release. (Read More)
A home in Pointe Coupee Parish has received a lot of attention on social media for flying an upside-down American flag.
Brad and Velvette Talley said they have been flying the upside-down flag in their front yard for almost two weeks. They said this is their way of peacefully protesting — exercising their rights to freedom of speech. (Read More)
Neal Parker removes a "Trump Train" flag from the Civil War Army and Navy memorial flagpole in Rockland on Saturday, March 22. (Shlomit Auciello)
An unknown individual installed a ‘Trump Train” flag on the Civil War memorial flagpole in Chapman Park some time before noon on Saturday, March 22.
An activist group demonstrating in the park, on the corner of Park and Main streets, noticed the flag and alerted the Rockland Police Department, took down the political flag and replaced it with an American flag that had been brought to the gathering. (Read More)
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) in introducing the Make American Flags in America Act, a bill aimed at ensuring that all American flags displayed by federal agencies and purchased with taxpayer dollars are made entirely in the United States. (Read More)
Three Long Island fire departments that displayed the Confederate flag have now reached a settlement over alleged discrimination.
According to the New York State Division of Human Rights, Brookhaven, Holbrook and Levittown have agreed to pay $28,000 in fines and change policies for alleged unlawful discrimination within these public entities served by taxpayer dollars.
The fire departments agreed to remove all depictions of the Confederate flag from equipment and websites, and to prohibit any displays of symbols of hate. (Read More)
A Confederate flag was displayed behind a white pickup truck during a St. Patrick’s Day parade in the Bayport-Blue Point community on March 17, 2025. (News12)
The controversial display of a Confederate flag at a Long Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday has sparked outrage, drawing apologies and promises of change from local organizers.
The flag, which was flown from a truck during a parade in the community of Bayport-Blue Point, caused an immediate uproar from many in the crowd as soon as they took notice.
Bayport-Blue Point Chamber of Commerce president Karl Auwaerter said that the parade committee was caught off guard by the display and that it was not planned for or supposed to be a part of the ceremonies. (Read More)
In a release from Saturday morning, Governor Jared Polis announced that the Canadian National Flag will be raised at the State Capitol to celebrate March 15 as Colorado Canada Friendship Day. (Read More)
The old Minnesota state flag is lowered from atop the Capitol before being delivered to the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation on May 11, 2024. (Ben Hovland, MPR News)
Minnesota’s former state flag would get a new designation and highlighted position under a bill working its way through the Capitol.
The proposal would designate the former design that centered Minnesota’s retired state seal at the center of a blue sheet as the state’s historic flag. It would make explicit that residents are free to display the old flag and require state officials to display it on state property on official state holidays and at the Capitol when the Legislature is in session. (Read More)
Tanya Hawkins helps raise the Progressive Pride flag outside the Salt Lake City-County Building on June 1, 2022. (Kristin Murphy, Deseret News)
An LGBTQ advocacy group is asking Gov. Spencer Cox to veto a proposal that would prohibit gay pride flags in classrooms and public buildings, though the governor seems inclined to sign the measure into law.
HB77 "strips away local control and targets the freedom of speech of Utah's communities," Troy Williams, executive director of Equality Utah, said in a letter Monday to Cox. (Read More)
Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much of Saturday as emergency crews tried to reach a man who climbed the Big Ben tower holding a Palestinian flag.
Negotiators were lifted up on a fire brigade ladder platform several times before eventually talking him down. The barefoot man, who appeared to be staging a protest on a ledge several meters (yards) up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, stepped off the building and onto a cherry picker after a long conversation with negotiators. He got into a waiting ambulance. (Read More)
Demonstrators unfurl a massive Ukrainian flag on March 8, 2025. (Reuters.com)
Chanting 'Stand with Ukraine' and 'Russia must pay', a crowd of roughly a thousand unfurled a massive, 172 foot by 110 foot, 330 pound (150 kilogram) flag on The Ellipse, a large field near the White House and the site of President's Trump's January 6th rally.
Trump paused U.S. military aid and intelligence-sharing with Kyiv this week following an extraordinary clash with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week. (Read More)
First Congregational Church of Park Ridge on Pascack Road. (Philip DeVencentis/NorthJersey.com)
The First Congregational United Church of Christ in Park Ridge told its congregation this weekend that it had received threats stemming from a social media post by the head of the Bergen County chapter of Moms for Liberty, a group known for opposing inclusive curricula in school and supporting book bans.
The post by local chapter chair Alexandra Bougher, later deleted, included a photo of the church's Progress Pride flag and commentary from Bougher suggesting that it promotes pedophilia. The flag in question is an intersex inclusive Progress Pride flag, but the post — and many of its comments — suggested that it included support for "minor-attracted persons," which is not true. (Read More)
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the Make American Flags in America Act of 2025. This legislation closes loopholes in existing law meant to ensure that American flags displayed on federal property or procured by federal agencies to be manufactured completely in the United States from American materials. (Read More)
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is pushing new legislation to ban foreign flags from being displayed on Capitol grounds, arguing that elected officials should represent American interests, not those of other nations. The proposal, known as the “Allegiance Act,” comes after Democratic lawmakers showcased Ukrainian flags during President Donald Trump’s congressional address. (Read More)
The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag redesign contest following a five-week voting period. Voters had the option to choose their favorite from one of the Illinois Flag Commission’s Top 10 new designs, or to choose one of three former flag designs — including the current one, which has not had a major redesign in the past century.
That’s the one they favored, by a lot. (Read More)
Matthew McCoy presents the People's Choice trophy to aerial dance performers Hayley Mitchell and Mackenzie Mears. (Helaine R. Williams/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Carissa and Josue De Leon were Judges' Award winners -- and Hayley Mitchell and Mackenzie Mears captured the People's Choice trophy -- at the 2025 edition of Dancing Into Dreamland, presented by Friends of Dreamland Ballroom on Feb 16 in the historic Little Rock venue.
Guests began the evening mingling, perusing silent-auction items and enjoying drinks from a donations bar and performances by members of Arkansas Circus Arts. Attendees later dined on boxed bites with a Mediterranean flare. Dessert was passed tiramisu.
Will Trice served as master of ceremonies. Evelyn Pittman, Dreamland founder Kerry McCoy and executive director Matthew McCoy gave opening remarks to start off the evening's contest, which featured exhibition dances by the Hot Springs Dance Troupe, 2024 Judges' Choice winners; and Drs. Arushi Devgan and Kurt Messer, 2022 Judges' Choice winners. (Read More)
ResEd updated its flag and banner policy on Thursday.(Holden Foreman/The Stanford Daily)
Residential Education (ResEd) sent an email to Resident Fellows (RFs) and residential leaders updating its flag and banner policy Thursday, reversing a previous rule against students hanging banners outside their windows.
The updated section of Stanford’s “Free Expression” website on posters, banners and chalking now states that “residents may place banners, flags, or signage on the inside or outside of window(s) and/or on or over balcony railings of their assigned room or unit provided all occupants of the assigned room or unit concur.” (Read More)
The Auschwitz museum confiscated Israeli flags adorned with yellow ribbons, a symbol of the hostages held in Gaza, from a group of British Jewish visitors. According to a report in the UK-based Jewish newspaper The Jewish Chronicle, the flags were returned at the end of the visit. (Read More)
Anti-Israel protesters waving a Hamas flag at a demonstration in Times Square on July 31, 2024. (William C Lopez/New York Post)
Anti-Israel protesters who display the flag of terror groups such as Hamas or Hezbollah could face up to four years behind bars under a new state bill.
The proposed Stand Against Flags of Enemy Terrorists Act would expand the definition of aggravated harassment in the first degree — a class E felony — to include instances when a person displays a symbol of a foreign terrorist organization with the intent to harass, annoy, threaten or another person, according to state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblyman Micah Lasher, Manhattan Democrats who are set to introduce the bill this week. (Read More)
Rep. Brian Hill, R-Mustang, has advanced legislation ensuring Oklahomans can freely display the American and Oklahoma flags on vehicles and motorcycles without government restriction.
House Bill 1776 prohibits any state or local governmental entity from banning the display of these flags on or within a vehicle or motorcycle while on public property. The bill, named the United States and Oklahoma Flag Display Rights Act of 2025, requires that flags be displayed according to proper standards and prohibits alterations or defacements. (Read More)
The American flag is seen unfurled upside down at Yosemite National Park, California, on Saturday, February 22, 2025. (Dragonsorder/Reddit)
February is one of the busiest times of the year at Yosemite National Park thanks to “firefall,” a natural phenomenon that causes a glowing ribbon of water to look like molten lava cascading down El Capitan’s Horsetail Fall.
Travelers come from around the world to witness the event at the granite monolith, famed for its nearly vertical walls, some booking entry tickets and reserving parking spots a year in advance.
But this year’s visitors witnessed more than firefall on February 22. They also saw an upside-down American flag, which Yosemite employees reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan to protest the recent downsizing that took place as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiatives. (Read More)
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) and co-lead Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) introduced the Make American Flags in America Act, which would ensure that any American flag displayed on federal property or purchased by our federal agencies is entirely manufactured in the United States from American-produced materials. (Read More)
A tapestry from the SaVAge K’lub Te Paepae Aora’i – Where the Gods Cannot be Fooled exhibition, where the Palestinian flag is visible (left) and then hidden (right).
Two Palestinian flags on a tapestry on display at the National Gallery of Australia have been concealed with white fabric, in what the artists have described as an act of censorship they only agreed to reluctantly.
The large tapestry is part of the Te Paepae Aora’i – Where the Gods Cannot be Fooled exhibition, a group show by Pacific Indigenous art collective SaVAge K’lub. The work features a number of flags, including the Aboriginal flag and the words “justice now”, the Torres Strait Islander flag, the West Papua flag, along with other Moana and Pacific peoples’ symbols, insignia and social justice slogans. (Read More)
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A proposal to change Washington’s state flag got a public hearing in Olympia Tuesday afternoon. The discussion raised questions about whether the green banner with the state seal best represents Washingtonians, and whether a new flag is a priority lawmakers should be focused on right now. (Read More)
WEST BOYLSTON, Mass. — A showdown over a Trump flag has erupted in a small Worcester County town as a police chief says he won’t report back to work under a town administrator who demanded the banner be removed.
West Boylston Police Chief Dennis Minnich Sr . is demanding the Select Board to take action in light of Town Administrator James Ryan’s actions which have led to a vote of no confidence from the police union. (Read More)
Canadian flag in front of the peace tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (GEOFF ROBINS /AFP via Getty Images)
Many Canadians have been doing what they can to ‘Buy Canadian’ in the wake of the tariff threat from the U.S. What about Canadian flags? Can we count on the Maple Leaf to be a made-in-Canada product?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – One of the latest bills filed ahead of the upcoming Florida Legislative session could change state rules regarding how flags are displayed.
That bill — SB 100 — was filed back in December by state Sen. Randy Fine (R-19), who has also introduced three other bills so far for this year. It was approved this week by a Legislative committee chaired by Fine.
According to the text, the bill would prohibit “governmental entities” — such as local governments, public schools, and public universities — from displaying flags that represent political viewpoints.(Read More)
The flags of Canada and the United States fly outside a hotel in downtown Ottawa, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
OTTAWA — All of Canada's living former prime minister's are calling on Canadians to express their national pride and "show the flag" as U.S. President Donald Trump continues his threats against this country's economic security and sovereignty.
Saturday, Feb. 15 — Flag Day — marks the 60th anniversary of the Canadian flag.
In a joint statement, former prime ministers Joe Clark, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper urge Canadians to fly the Maple Leaf with pride as "never before." (Read More)
The path in life for Kaitlyn Schilling is no ordinary journey. As she achieved the highest rank in scouting, this young lady also has transformed a system for honoring American flags across this base in the process.
She moved here as part of a military family, leaving her old school as well as the Scouts BSA (formerly called the Boy Scouts of America) troop she and her older sister Kyla enjoyed while living in Michigan. They soon found Troop 55 in Crosswicks near her on-base home, and Kaitlyn became a scout again. (Read More)
A protestor holds a Palestinian flag with the words "Gaza" and "Sudan" as US rapper Kendrick Lamar performs during Apple Music Halftime Show. (Chandan Khanna, AFP)
NEW ORLEANS — A performer who was part of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show was detained by security after waving the Sudanese flag and Palestinian flag together with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on them toward the end of the performance, the NFL said.
The NFL identified the person, who was dressed in black like other dancers on the field, "as part of the 400-member field cast." (Read More)
A unique Canadian flag proposal from 1964, credited to a Mrs. Michael Thompson. (Library and Archives Canada)
Canada’s simple, uncluttered flag is now a familiar sight — flying at countless official offices, sewn onto thousands of travellers’ backpacks, adorning patriotic sports fans’ shirts or faces. Yet it might never have gotten this far.
The Maple Leaf was the pick that emerged, six decades ago, from a parliamentary committee that had no shortage of other pitches, from gentle variants on the winning vision to unique and even weird notions. Could we have done better? We sent some of those 60-year-old rejects to members of the North American Vexillological Association, scholars and admirers of banners worldwide, to see whether the country left anything brilliant on the drawing board. (Read More)
The photograph first shared on Reddit on Wednesday purporting to show the U.S. flag being flown upside down outside the State Department in Washington, D.C. (Reddit/DesperateCranberry38)
A photograph purporting to show the American flag being flown upside down outside the State Department has gone viral on social media.
The user who first posted the photograph on Reddit on February 5 told Newsweek, "The picture was taken at approximately 2 p.m., and stayed up for about 20 minutes before it was changed."
Newsweek contacted the Department of State for comment. (Read More)
A pride flag flies below the American flag in front of Democrat Becky Blackburn's home in Lusk, Wyoming, on July 31, 2024. (Thomas Peipert/AP)
For decades the hippie enclave Arcata has flown three flags at a Veterans Memorial in a plaza at the center of town: one for California, one for the United States, and one for earth.
But over the past three years, a debate over the order in which they fly has improbably divided the foggy North Coast community, sparked ballot measures and lawsuits, and led to a broader reckoning over free speech, nationalism, and the respect owed our home planet. (Read More)
Claim: Early in his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration replaced the standard 50-star U.S. flag with a nine-star flag on government websites.
Rating: False
A rumor circulating online in early February 2025 claimed U.S. President Donald Trump's administration replaced the standard 50-star U.S. flag with a nine-star flag on government websites. This matter specifically concerned the very top portion of some .gov websites displaying a small, icon-sized American flag with the words, "An official website of the United States government." (Read More)
A growing number of citizen-led groups across Canada are pushing their municipal governments to prohibit things like rainbow crosswalks, that show pride for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. (David Bajer/CBC)
The only rainbow crosswalk in Westlock, Alta., about 75 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, has been painted white.
Roughly 35 kilometres to the west, in the town of Barrhead, four flags have been removed from municipal flag poles. Soon two crosswalks will be redone: one for pride, another supporting people with disabilities. (Read More)
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The City Council passed a motion on Saturday to initiate a text amendment, allowing Camping World to fly their flag in Greenville.
The company was being fined 250 dollars a day due to its nearly 15 times bigger size than allowable on non-residential property.
At 3,200 sq. ft. and 130 ft. high, the flag can be seen for miles in the city.
Camping World General Manager Jim Foskey says, “It’s what camping world embodies, right? It’s the freedom of our country, young and old, no matter what generation you’re in. People love it, and that’s what it’s all about.” (Read More)
Tampa celebrated its annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival on Saturday, January 25.
Video released by the Sarasota Police Department shows a pirate ship and smaller boats flying pirate flags.
The event originated as a May Day celebration in 1904 and was named after the Spanish pirate Jose Gaspar, who was active in the late 18th century and early 19th century, according to organizers. (Read More)
The Pride flag flies outside the White House in Washington, D.C. in June 2023 (AFP via Getty Images)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued an order stating U.S. facilities can only fly the American flag outside their buildings, according to a new report.
Rubio issued the order Tuesday night soon after he was sworn into office, according to The Free Beacon. The order states “only” the U.S. can be flown at U.S. facilities domestic and abroad, the outlet reports. The only exceptions are the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action emblem and the Wrongful Detainees Flag. (Read More)
The U.S. flag flies in front of the U.S. Capitol building ahead of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, January 16, 2025. (Marko Djurica, REUTERS)
On Inauguration Day 2025, some flags will remain at half-staff in honor of deceased former President Jimmy Carter, while others will be raised to full-staff for incoming President Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden ordered all U.S. states to lower their flags to half-staff to acknowledge Carter, who died in his Plains, Georgia home on Dec. 29 at age 100. The flags were ordered to remain at half-staff for 30 days or until Jan. 29. While the country’s flag code dictates flags remain lowered following a president’s death, the code is not mandatory. (Read More)
Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gather as members of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials and police officials wait to enter the presidential residence in Seoul (Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA)
As investigators attempted to arrest president Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday morning, his supporters gathered outside the presidential residence waving two national flags: the South Korean Taegukgi alongside the American Stars and Stripes.
To outsiders, the unexpected combination may seem baffling. But to Yoon’s supporters, America represents more than an ally: it’s a perceived ideal. The symbolism of the US flag is a declaration of a broader cultural and spiritual order they believe is under threat. (Read More)
Six cadets of the Hellenic Air Force Academy were arrested by Turkish authorities near the Hagia Sophia monument in Istanbul, after displaying the Greek flag.
The incident took place on Saturday, December 21 and involved six students (three Greek nationals and three Cypriot nationals) who had traveled to Istanbul for the Christmas holidays, reportedly without permission from their unit as required for all Greek military personnel when traveling abroad (especially to Turkiye). (Read More)
If you've been driving down MoPac in North Austin, you've probably seen hundreds of tiny flags along the hillside heading southbound near Braker Lane.
So what are they?
Some wondered on Reddit if the flags could be an art installation, but that wasn't it. The crew onsite couldn't give KVUE a lot of answers, but the Texas Department of Transportation gave us the scoop.
While the retaining walls were built a while back, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is now planting more than 35,000 plants and seeding 1.4 acres of wildflowers.
The landscaping consists of native plants well-suited for the Austin area, such as the Mexican buckeye, desert willow and Texas red oak. The different flag colors represent different plants. (Read More)
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