During the Civil War, no flag became a more popular symbol of Union loyalty than the worn and imperiled standard belonging to 19th-century sea captain William Driver, who was originally from Salem ...

Gilbert Baker created the original pride flag in 1978. Baker was urged by Harvey Milk to create a symbol for the LGBT community and he chose a flag, which he saw as the most powerful symbol of pride.

Calls for a flag to be given official recognition have been given a "huge" boost by a council. Peterborough City Council agreed to write to the Flag Institute to ask that the Flag of the Fens be ...