When the U.S. banned Pride flags at our embassies, that sent a clear message. No wonder a top tennis player fleeing Russia's ...

In American politics, symbols have tremendous power to evoke deep emotions, communicate shared values and rally people around a unifying vision. Given that reality, it’s all the more perplexing ...

My heart quickened as I spied the Statue of Liberty, alone on her island near ... Freedom Park in Charlotte and the giant American flag raised at Chimney Rock after Tropical Storm Helene.

The statue was finally unveiled on a rainy day in October 1886, as 1 million New Yorkers watched and cheered. “When it was time for Bartholdi to release the tricolor French flag that veiled Liberty’s ...

The French man-of-war Isere, bringing the famous gift of the French people to America, Bartholdis Statue of Liberty, came to anchor in the Horseshoe, off Sandy Hook, early on the morning of the 17th.

Critics said a Confederate monument in Fairview & New Hope Cemeteries in Liberty is a symbol of racism and not a grave marker. In November 2020, the statue’s defenders installed a plaque bearing ...