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Just a quick question, though: do you know how many stars and stripes are on the American flag? It seems a like a question that any citizen would know the answer to, sure, but there's actually ...

A 48 star American flag was recently found by the Waterville Civil Air Patrol and now the group would like to find the owner ...

Did the flag commission get it right? Well, folks can now judge for themselves as Lee Enterprises has obtained a copy of all ...

The operation to move the vessel to Svartbeck, an anchorage near the port of Kilpilahti, was scheduled to begin at 10:50 a.m.

The United States became a nation in 1776 when the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, severing the ...

Explain the meaning behind your flag: The 21 red + white stripes represent Illinois as the 21st state of this union. The blue field with the six-pointed white star represents Chicago. The negative ...

A Washington native and his creative firm were chosen as a top-10 finalist for the Illinois state flag design contest. Clanin ...

The next phase of the redesign process will start in January, when the public can vote for one of the new designs — or stick ...

Illinois residents will soon have their say on a new state flag after officials narrowed down thousands of entries from a statewide contest to their top designs.

The Illinois Secretary of State's office has released the finalists for a new state flag design, which the public will be ...