The "Appeal to Heaven" flag, first raised at the San Francisco Civic Center on Flag Day in 1964, was quietly replaced over the weekend with an American star-spangled banner.

He spoke to RNS about the Appeal to Heaven flag’s links to former President Donald Trump, Christian nationalism and the Jan. 6 insurrection. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Dutch Sheets comes to the idea of the Appeal to Heaven flag in 2013. He was the executive director at a Bible college called Christ for the Nations Institute.

The flag had become the subject of social media posts by people wondering why San Francisco would be flying a flag that has become so closely associated with right-leaning politics.

The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler called out Democratic Sen. Ed Markey's hypocrisy after he attacked the federal agency for raising an "Appeal to Heaven" flag.

A flag associated with far right groups that was used by January 6 rioters was flown above a government agency headquarters in Washington D.C. last week. A picture of the “Appeal to Heaven ...

It became the official flag of the Massachusetts navy in 1776. This flag was used even before the Stars and Stripes existed. In many ways, it is the flag under which America was born.

Two residents of Nashua, N.H., are suing the city for forbidding them from flying the colonial-era "Appeal to Heaven" flag, which government officials deemed to be "not in harmony" with the city's ...

The flag in question features a green pine tree on a white background with the motto: “An Appeal to Heaven.” It was seen as a popular patriotic symbol in New England during the early years of ...