The rest, as they say, is history. The national flag — to be clear, the first official national flag of Canada — became law ...

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The North American Vexillological Association — it brands itself as the world’s largest club for flag enthusiasts — has settled on five basic rules for good flag design. They even distilled the rules ...

Captain America has worn many iconic suits over the years, whether it's variants of Stever Rogers, Sam Wilson, or Peggy ...

Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.

It was during a Tory rally on July 20, 1957, organized to commemorate 25 years of public service by Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, ...

Kit Kowol’s first book, released at the end of 2024, achieves the rare feat of fundamentally revising our understanding of British politics and society during the Second World War.

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

While El Grito de Lares is one of the most famous historical events in the name of Puerto Rico’s independence, El Grito de ...

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