Westmoreland County flag, with its ties to the American Revolution, celebrates 250th anniversary

The "Proctor flag" or the "Rattlesnake flag" was first unfurled in the wake of the fighting at Lexington and Concord.
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This Day in History: September 3, 1777, US flag flies in battle for the first time

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On September 3, 1777, the United States flag waved in battle for the first time. Patriot General William Maxwell raised the Betsy Ross flag at Cooch’s Bridge in Maryland. The ...

Years before Trump’s executive order, McConnell helped block a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning

President Donald Trump’s executive order to criminalize burning the American flag isn’t the first Republican effort to ban the provocative protest. In fact, the party came within a single vote of ...
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Flag burning has a long history in the U.S. — and legal protections from the Supreme Court

President Trump has long opposed flag burning as a form of protest, and now he’s directing the Justice Department to prioritize prosecutions of people who set the American flag on fire. On Monday, ...