The Pine Tree flag, which dates to the Revolutionary War, has become a symbol of the far right. The Times had previously ...

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 ...

which studies flags and their meaning, said the “Appeal to Heaven” banner dates to the Revolutionary War. Six schooners ... He added: “People misuse our symbols all the time.

After the Civil War, the flag saw limited (and quite appropriate ... Party adopted the Battle Flag of Northern Virginia as a symbol of defiance against the federal government.

The symbol was widely used in battle for over 1,000 ... It was the beginning of the flag as we know it today.