The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's history and meaning.

When Pulaski’s Edwin Ayers joined the Union Army during the Civil War, an officer made the 16-year-old a drummer boy because ...

PLYMOUTH, N.C. (WITN) - A ceremony and ribbon cutting were held in Plymouth to remember the black soldiers who fought during ...

The Tuscarora created a unified government. The only problem? Many longtime leaders aren’t on board with the plan.

The U.S. flag has been hoisted outside of the long-shuttered ambassador’s residence in Damascus. It's a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government. Syrian state-run ...

A Memorial Day ceremony was held at Cedarwood Cemetery on Monday, continuing the tradition of honoring fallen military ...

In 1873, New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day as a legal holiday. After World War II, it became an occasion ...

Meanwhile, the day after the shooting, the Supreme Court ruled that the state of Texas did not ... evolved in the years since the Civil War. It was never the flag of the Confederate States of ...

Correction to Article “The Dates on the State Flag” by Marcia Phillips: With all due respect to the author, the first NC State flag was adopted on June 22, 1861. The colors were arranged differently: ...

Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday ... Bennett Place, North Carolina. Many in the Confederacy felt that negotiation marked the end of the Civil War.

Greathouse said her main concerns were the firm's use of phrases like “state’s rights” and “plunged into war” in reference to North Carolina’s role in the Civil War. Such phrases ...