St. Thomas is surrounded by several islands that make appealing half- or full-day trips. Take a 10-minute ferry ride from the Crown Bay Marina to Water Island. It’s a short hike over the hill to ...

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A treasure of my life is the letters that have been bequeathed to me that I hope to share with all of you, shortly. But I can not help but share a fragment of this valuable and timeless collection ...

Blackbeard may be the world’s most famous pirate, but throughout history there have been many legendary buccaneers who also deserve recognition for their rebellious, criminal antics. Most of what we ...

You might not know that Feb. 15 is National Flag Day. And with Canadians embracing their hometown pride in the wake of United States President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and calling Canada the 51st ...

Progressive Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill that could remove George Washington from the state flag. House Bill 1938 aims to create a committee that will design a new state flag ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has instituted a new flag policy limiting the display of flags, beyond U.S. flags, on VA premises. The policy, which the VA said was to establish direction ...

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 ...

The rainbow flag can no longer be displayed inside schools of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, after trustees voted Tuesday to add further restrictions to a controversial policy.

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.

A flag icon with nine stars stacked horizontally that sits atop most federal government websites has been used since 2017. It was not added after President Donald Trump’s second term began.