As elected officials hoisted the Black American Heritage Flag over the State House on Monday, Gov. Maura Healey decried “attacks on progress” while Rep. Bud<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...
It’s Black History Month and the city of Springfield kicked off the first weekend of February with a flag-raising ceremony to honor black American heritage.
Terri Lipsey Scott, Executive Director of the Woodson African American Museum of Florida, addresses the audience during the St. Pete City Hall Black History Month flag raising ceremony.
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 ...