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This is the amusing moment a cat crashed a flag-raising event in Tiananmen Square. The playful tabby feline wandered into the formation of flag bearers before the start of the ceremony early in ...
Their goal is to bring the Tiananmen Square flag-raising ceremony — popular among both locals and tourists — to every corner of China, including schools and companies, to instil national pride.
36 years after the killing of countless peaceful pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, the Chinese government still seeks to erase the memory of the June 1989 Tiananmen Massacre.
The 51-star flag across from White House, spotted from Lafayette Square on June 5, 2025. “Greenland makes a lot of sense for America, from a strategic perspective,” said Lambert, who placed ...
This Father's Day weekend brings another, more obscure holiday in the U.S.: Flag Day. Here's what the holiday is and how and when it started.
On June 4, 1989, Chinese authorities sent troops and tanks into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to crush a student-led anti-government demonstration, killing hundreds of unarmed people. In the ...
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War.
The U.S. Flag Code says the American flag must always be displayed with the star field in the proper direction. So why is it backward on some airplanes?
The Chinese flag was flown at half-mast at Tiananmen Square on Monday in honour of late former premier Li Peng, a hardliner in the crackdown on protesters who occupied the Beijing landmark in 1989.
On Memorial Day, the American flag should be flown at half-staff until noon and then raised to the top until sunset.
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) at the Vice Presidential Debate hosted by CBS News was asked to explain his false claim that he was in Hong Kong at the time of the Tiananmen Square riots in Beijing in 1989 ...