Voters chose to replace the 126-year-old design with the state flower. It may be just a magnolia, but for many Mississippians, it is a symbol of a long-awaited reckoning with their state's history. On ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Kansas’ state flag is younger than many might expect, with an official design adopted less than a century ago after years of debate and opposition from patriotic groups. The ...

Since 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. The design was likely intended to “preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive ...

After over 1,000 submissions have been reviewed, Massachusetts is one step closer to having a new flag — but there continues to be debate. The Massachusetts Seal, Flag, and Motto Advisory Commission ...

When The Observer moved to Arkansas from another Southern city only a state away, one of the first things I noticed was the giant state flag flying from several posts around Little Rock. Why does that ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Everyone knows who created the U.S. flag, but not everyone knows Arizona has its own Betsy Ross. May Hicks Curtis, the woman who created Arizona’s flag over 100 years ago, ...

I read with interest Matt Stout’s article in the Globe about our state flag and seal (“GOP hopefuls see an opening with state flag,” Page A1, Sept. 19). Symbols are indeed important — that much is ...

Old Glory is the only flag flying outside Detroit Lakes City Hall. You won’t see the Minnesota state flag — the retired one or the new one that a number of communities refuse to hoist on flagpoles.

The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ-TV, CBS News or Paramount, a Skydance Corporation. Plans to change the state flag of Massachusetts are suddenly a topic in the ...

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777. While observed nationally, Flag Day is not a federal holiday, though Pennsylvania recognizes it as a state holiday. Flag Day, a ...