At the stroke of noon on February 15, 1965, Canada’s red and white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time on Parliament Hill. On the same day in 1996, National Flag of Canada Day was ...

Our national flag, with its iconic red and white stripes and maple leaf, is without a doubt the most popular symbol of Canada. But have we always used this emblem to represent our country? Find out ...

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 ...

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.

JOHANNESBURG - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF ... on social media showing South African soldiers waving a white flag. SANDF head of communications, Siphiwe Dlamini, has clarified ...

The American flag is raised and lowered to mark significant national moments. U.S. Flag Day, held annually on June 14, was passed into law by President Harry Truman in 1949 "to commemorate the ...

In this speech, what Nehru said about using the Ashoka Chakra (or Dharma Chakra) on the national flag, is equally applicable to what eventually became India’s National Emblem – the four lions ...

Punjab Minister for Mines & Geology, Soil & Water Conservation and Water Resources, Advocate Barinder Kumar Goyal, unfurled the national flag at Shaheed Major Harminderpal Singh (Shaurya Chakra ...

Following the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sharida Abdullah Al-Maousherji stated the following: On the occasion of the flag-raising ceremony that will be ...

Patriot Day. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. National Firefighters Memorial Day. U.S. presidents can also declare that flags be flown at half-staff on the death of a notable person ...

The rangoli was reportedly designed on Republic Day and replaced the Ashoka Chakra in the Indian National Flag with Karnataka’s state map in the center. A photo of the controversial rangoli went viral ...