Weather signal flags grew out of the use of the maritime signal flag, which was red, with a black square inside. Starting in 1871, this flag was used at 20 ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts ...

President Harry S. Truman, on this day in history, May 8, 1945, announced to the American people that Germany's forces had surrendered in World War II — marking the end of the war in Europe.

The yellow-starred standard is most commonly associated with the EU, but it has a much longer history — and some Europeans seem to despise it. Few flags the world over are as recognisable as the ...

This flag is believed to be the first American flag brought into the European theater of war during World War II. The 133rd Infantry Regiment, based in Waterloo, were the first American troops to ...

Christmas Market Attack Suspect Left a Decadelong Trail of Red Flags The suspect in the attack in Germany had history of threats and harassment though no record of violence and an ideology that ...

Over time, the history of the Atlantic Slave Trade and European colonization scattered peoples of African descent through a system of displacement, relocation and separation from their families ...

The Confederate States of America was formed on Feb. 8, 1861, by South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, following the election of President Abraham Lincoln.

History has its images and voices. It also has specific smells. For Timothy Garton Ash, passing back and forth through an East Berlin checkpoint as a journalist-activist in the 1980s, the cold war ...

Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said the decision to ban EU flags was a gift to “the enemies of Europe.” In a quote to Politco he added: “It’s mind-blowing, what the EBU did.” ...