BOISE — Idaho Territory was created in 1863 during the Civil War. At the time, the population base — mostly gold miners — was in the Clearwater region in what is now Idaho’s panhandle. Lewiston, ...

The first time I saw the crest, I was nine. I understood what was being explained to me—that the coat of arms belonged to the Rapoports, which meant it belonged to me. But I had a hard time grasping ...

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the son of a butcher, rose to become the Tudor monarch's Lord Chancellor in the 1520s. But he suffered a spectacular fall from grace when he was unable to negotiate an ...

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THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'. BODMIN MUSEUM. In 1497, outraged by tax increases, Bodmin lawyer, Thomas Flamank, and St Keverne blacksmith, Michael an Gof, ...

The ACT's coat of arms has been displayed incorrectly as part of the government's "logo" on a number of public buildings around Canberra. In some cases, the swans appear to be the wrong way around.

A council has defended the disappearance of a slave from a town's coat of arms. The figure was originally included to reflect the work of the abolitionist William Knibb, who was born in Kettering, ...

The first time I saw the crest, I was nine. I understood what was being explained to me—that the coat of arms belonged to the Rapoports, which meant it belonged to me. But I had a hard time grasping ...

The Dalhousie University Coat of Arms (also referred to as the 'Dalhousie Seal') is based on the heraldic achievement of the Ramsay family of Scotland. The Rt. Hon. George Ramsay, Lieutenant-Governor ...