The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...

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The Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag, is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Crown Dependencies and the Overseas Territories, and is rooted ...

Not so long ago, Great Britain was deemed "the sick man of Europe." The 1970s were plagued by inflation, labor union strikes, and a rise in government spending as a percent of GDP. Now, a new ...

Not to be outdone was a Great Britain fan in a front row seat behind home plated dressed as a lion, his face painted with the flag of England. While Great Britain fans were roundly booed when ...

Not to be outdone was a Great Britain fan in a front row seat behind home plated dressed as a lion, his face painted with the flag of England. While Great Britain fans were roundly booed when ...

According to reports, it first appeared as the flag of Great Britain in 1606. The most recent design of the flag derives from a royal proclamation following the union of Great Britain and Ireland ...

"All sorts of flags were being used at the time - red ensigns and white ensigns [both naval flags] and even the royal standard." And while today, there's no question that the union jack is the ...

Now living in Brighton, England, with his boyfriend, Domagala continued his post by saying he loves "being able to be a part of so many different communities and Great Britain is a home that's ...

Home Secretary, Sir John Gilmour, backed this in June 1933 by saying that the Union Jack was the national flag and might be flown by any British subject on land, during a House of Commons speech.