Donald Trump is upset that U.S. flags will fly at half-staff at his inauguration on Jan. 20, a gesture that honors late ...

The Illinois Flag Commission released the top 10 finalists for the new state flag design contest on Tuesday. The 20-member Illinois Flag Commission, which includes some elected officials ...

More than 50 years would pass before any suggestions to change the flag were proposed. In 1968, Chief Petty Officer Bruce McDaniel of Waverly, serving in Vietnam at the time, wrote to state Rep.

United States flags are at half-staff across the country in remembrance of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100. Carter, the 39th president, was the longest-living commander ...

This week, the Illinois Flag Commission announced the top 10 finalists for the new state flag. Mine, sadly, did not make the cut. More than 5,000 ideas were submitted so it was always going to be ...

a state commission exploring the adoption of a new state flag has selected 10 finalists. The Illinois Secretary of State's office on Tuesday released images of the selections, which the public ...

The 20-member Illinois Flag Commission, which includes some elected officials, chose the finalists from nearly 5,000 submissions that came in since the Illinois secretary of state’s office ...

Flags were returned to half-staff the next day and stayed there for another eight days. State flags are lowered along with federal orders. U.S. flag code says no other flag should fly higher ...

After a closely watched presidential election, Illinoisans will have another chance to cast a vote in a few weeks – this time, for a new state flag. The Illinois Flag Commission this week released 10 ...

Here's a look at the Islamic State group, its current status, and some of the offshoot armed groups and so-called lone wolves ...

Eisenhower in 1954, per the National Archives. That proclamation states "that the flag of the United States of America be flown at half-staff on Federal buildings, grounds, and facilities upon the ...