Ms Ana Hula Muda was only five when the men in black came. It was 1999. Just after lunch, pro-Indonesian militia stormed her family home in the coastal town of Liquica. Wearing ...

On Memorial Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until noon in honor of those U.S. military members who died in service. At noon, the flag is raised to full-staff as a "symbol of ...

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, celebrated every June 14, is one of America’s lesser-known holidays, but my father never forgot it. June 14 marks the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress officially adopted the ...

Nearly 5,000 flags were planted in four Butte cemeteries in preparation for Memorial Day. Dan Kohr, commander at VFW Post 1448, which organized the event, estimated that around 100 volunteers took ...

Scouts, from Scouting of America’s Western Los Angeles County Council, joined community members Saturday in a huge Memorial Day effort to place flags on nearly 90,000 grave sites at the Los ...

National flags in the United States will fly at half staff for a limited period of time on Memorial Day. May 26 will be observed as the Memorial Day in the United States, commemorating the men and ...