Flags signaled other units in battle, but were also a tangible manifestation of the beliefs and spirit of a group of people. As such, flags were protected to the point of injury or death. Men in ...

When did the Polish flag appear? What colour is it actually? What is the proper way to display it? What should you do with it when a storm is coming? And who wrote poems about it? Worthy of its very ...

Gilbert Baker created the original pride flag in 1978. Baker was urged by Harvey Milk to create a symbol for the LGBT community and he chose a flag, which he saw as the most powerful symbol of pride.

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

A false flag is a political or military action carried out with the intention of blaming an opponent for it. Nations have often done this by staging a real or simulated attack on their own side ...

Famous quotes and anecdotes associated with the Spartans: Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could ...

An anti-Israel TikToker vandalized a display of flags at a Greek restaurant in New Jersey, declaring ‘Free Palestine, b----!’ until workers let her know they were Greek flags, not Israeli flags.

Flags are at half-staff this weekend in seven U.S. states to honor the memory and passing of several public servants and ...

Chrome flags are experimental browser features that are not part of the standard Chrome browser. Using Chrome flags, you can add new features, enhance performance, improve user experience and ...

But since Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios is a little far away in Orlando, Florida, I was ready to check out Six Flags Great Adventure this season, which has apparently upped its ...