We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy. —Henry Miller 21 The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time w...
The centerpiece of this museum is the display of the hulk of a salvaged Confederate ironclad. The USS Cairo it is not but it is still impressive. There are some interesting walkthrough exhibits of famous Civil War ships and a spectacular collection of orginial flags. However, too much of the...
Recent years have handed defenders of the Confederacy their greatest defeats since 1865. Asflags come downandstatues are melted down, millions of Americans are finally waking up to the fact that honoring treason against the United States — undertaken for the purpose of allowing certain peo...
Over two million people visit Mount Rushmore every year, with its nightly presentation of ranger talk, a film, and the lighting of the monumental faces the highlight of the day for the circa 1,500 seat amphitheater that sits below the mountain. There is a Court of Flags that you walk up...
History of Switzerland National Day Every year on August 1, there are bonfires, paper lantern parades, fireworks, and Swiss flags swaying in the breeze. Swiss National Day was first established in 1891, yet it took more than a century for the hardworking Swiss to decide to hold a vote and...
The real reason it got started is a lot simpler: because 19th-century nations pumped more testosterone than all the steroid casualties at your gym put together, and when dudes like that spent money on cute Zouave uniforms and horses (cavalry was incredibly expensive) and flags, they wanted ...
flags. President Donald Trump’s post-election rants against the results of a free and fair election raised the specter of an attempted coup while garnering wide support from many voters and elected officials in his party. All these developments underscored how far we’ve drifted f...
The Confederate battle flag is a well-known symbol of modern right-wing extremism and remains a commonsightin parts of the country,includingas part of the design of some state flags. But Confederate imagery is only the most obvious and familiar example of Mastriano's deep connection to avast ...
While all Brazilians love Carnival, the black communities are its most avid participants. This likely stems from the community's historical love of Carnival, as African slaves were freed annually for the festival's duration. In Rio, residents of the city's (largely black) favelas, or slums, ...
Army began carrying the flag into battle, and during the Civil War, the Stars and Stripes was a highly visible symbol of the hope for a reunified nation. In the 1890s, new patriotic organizations promoted flags for schools, the introduction of the Pledge of Allegiance and regulations agains...