American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
It’s John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Barbara Fritchie,” an American classic. For many decades, schoolchildren memorized and ...
MILWAUKEE - After six years of discussion and debate, the City of Milwaukee moved one step closer Monday to adopting a new city flag. The city's Steering ...