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Pride Flag Removed from Only National Park Dedicated to LGBTQ+ History

February 12, 2026 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Trump regime removed the Pride Flag flying at the first and only National Park dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.

The removal of the flag at Stonewall National Monument comes exactly one year after the National Park Service removed references to transgender and queer people from their webpages, including the page on Stonewall. The move is the latest in a string of removals and changes censuring information on signs and exhibits on public lands that has picked up pace in recent weeks. [Read more…] about Pride Flag Removed from Only National Park Dedicated to LGBTQ+ History

Deportations, Convict Ancestors, Rattlesnakes & American Identity

July 23, 2025 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

For Europeans planning or being forced to migrate, the concept of the United States as a virtually border-less society remained alive until the passing of the Immigration Act of 1917 (this was not the case for other groups). It offered an opportunity to governments to “shovel out” troublesome subjects.

The German term Übersiedelung (literally: relocation) was used by officials of the Kingdom of Hanover to describe the practice of exiling “unwanted” subjects to America. From the early 1830s to 1866 (when Hanover was conquered by Prussia), some three thousand individuals – most of them petty criminals or paupers – were expelled from the territory. [Read more…] about Deportations, Convict Ancestors, Rattlesnakes & American Identity

Confederate Flag Captured by Vermonters Being Sold At Auction

April 7, 2025 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

A rare Confederate flag, captured by Vermont soldiers during Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, is being sold at auction by Fleischer’s Auctions in Columbus, Ohio, later this month.

The trophy of war is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge. [Read more…] about Confederate Flag Captured by Vermonters Being Sold At Auction

Schenectady’s Liberty Poles & Flags Feature At January Commemoration

December 4, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Before the United States flag took its official and now more familiar form in 1777, several other flags served to protest infringements on liberties in the British colonies. One popular design, long before independence, simply proclaimed “Liberty.”

Protesting American colonists had been hoisting flags with the word “Liberty” since at least the time of the Stamp Act crisis of 1765. The dark blue silk Liberty Flag of Schenectady, believed to have been created between 1765 and 1771, had the word “Liberty” sewn on both sides. [Read more…] about Schenectady’s Liberty Poles & Flags Feature At January Commemoration

The Green Mountain Boys & The Evolution of Vermont’s State Flag

March 15, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

If you walk into the Vermont Historical Society’s museum in Montpelier, you’ll a flag hanging from the wall behind the admission desk: the blue and green Green Mountain Boys flag.

It’s a flag that’s been wrapped up with a hefty dose of legend and mythology. [Read more…] about The Green Mountain Boys & The Evolution of Vermont’s State Flag

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