American Civil War quickly showed both sides the costs of war. Each year proved a drain as the human toll became apparent.

However, one detail about Inauguration Day has been causing debate among Congress and state leaders, and that is whether the American flag will be raised. According to the U.S. Flag Code ...

WHEN FATHER JOHN SPOKE, HE ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE DIVISION AND DIVISIVENESS THAT WE EXPERIENCE RIGHT NOW IN OUR WORLD, NOT JUST IN MASSACHUSETTS, BUT BUT EVERYWHERE. BUT WHAT WE FOCUSED ON ARE THE ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will raise American flags at the California Capitol on Monday for a limited time during President-elect Trump’s inauguration, according to his office.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...

BOSTON - The heavily scrutinized right-to-shelter law in Massachusetts would change significantly under a new proposal shared by Gov. Maura Healey Wednesday. The policy that became law in 1983 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey takes questions from reporters, Jan. 31, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven ...

Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter’s death, to be raised to acknowledge Preside ...

Despite President Joe Biden’s former directive that U.S. flags would be flown at half-staff during President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day—a continuation of mourning after the death ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former ...

On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) announced a major force design initiative planned to occur over 10 years originally referred to as “Force Design 2030” which is now known as ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol will be raised to full-staff next Monday, Jan. 20, to mark President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The move ...