Daren Herman, grandson of Alaska flag designer Benny Benson, was in the state for the first time to accept an honorary degree ...

“Alaska’s Flag,” the simple poem written by Marie Drake in 1927 and set to music by Elinor Dusenbury in 1938, is a work of art, just as the flag designed by Benny Benson is a work of art.

A drawing contest became a life-changer for 13-year-old Benny Benson. The year was 1927. The Alaska ­American Legion sponsored a ­design-the-Alaska-flag contest for children in the seventh ...

The abandoned residential school in Seward where the first Alaska flag flew will come down. The Seward City Council voted Monday to demolish the nearly century-old building. The Jesse Lee Home for ...

FILE - This undated file photo shows a building that remains at the site of the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska, where the territorial flag, which later became the Alaska state flag, was first ...

"You need to have an exhibit of contemporary Alaska art," he said. "They told me, 'No! It cannot be done.' "That was like waving a red flag at a bull to me." The French art bureaucracy has rules ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has issued a corrected birth certificate for the teenage designer of the Alaska flag, after researchers who were looking into his heritage found records ...

The year was 1927. The Alaska American Legion sponsored a design-the-Alaska-flag contest for children in the seventh through 12th grades. Alaska wasn't even a state yet – it was a territory ...

ANCHORAGE — A neglected site where the Alaska territorial flag was designed, sewn and first flown will be demolished despite last-minute efforts by Alaskans and a preservation group to save it.