Before then, various options had emerged as potential Australian national flags, including: the National Colonial Flag, created in 1823–24 by captains John Nicholson and John Bingle; the flag very ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The 10 semifinalists for the the City of Toledo Flag Design Competition have been announced. According to the Arts Commission, the semifinalist designs will be presented at ...

WHEN WAS IT BUILT? 1669 BY STEPHEN BRYANT. HE WAS A PILGRIM. SO THIS IS A VERY RARE FIRST PERIOD SALTBOX COLONIAL. YOU DON’T SEE TOO MANY OF THESE ON THE SOUTH SHORE. A LOT OF THEM BURNED IN.

While waiting for a court to decide whether Nelson Mandela’s belongings are considered national heritage, Guernsey’s said it had become clear that a sale would be “difficult.” By Matt ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

which was founded as a proprietary colony This type of indirect rule eventually fell out of favour in the English colonial empire due to a variety of reasons, including the gradual sociopolitical ...

For the 18th century conflict between the Ottomans and Venice, see Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718). "Colonial warfare is the only form of encounter in battle remaining where the forces are ...

As a result, demonstrations were held under the Liberty Tree in Boston, a practice that spread across the colonies to protest British taxation. “In 1765, a group of nine patriots called themselves the ...

Flag football is a variant of American football (or gridiron) where the aim is to advance up the pitch via a series of offensive plays into the opposition’s defensive endzone. It is a no-contact sport ...

The Olympic flag – one of the most recognisable symbols of the Olympic Games – was created for the Olympic Jubilee Congress in 1914 in Paris in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Olympic ...

As fighting continues inside Gaza, a new report estimates at least one quarter of those wounded will be left with permanent disability ...