Pine Island Elementary School first graders were educated on the history, etiquette and meaning of the American Flag. Local ...

The first day of Pride Month proved to be a rough one for the "anti-woke" MAGA crowd as many online observers lashed out at a ...

A red flag with a pine tree in the top left — seen here flying outside Waite’s home — is sometimes used as an unofficial flag for New England. Courtesy Robert E. Waite Robert Waite ...

The state flag was originally double-sided, but it became expensive to manufacture. The reverse side used to have a green pine tree on ... finished second in the New England Preparatory School ...

White pine trees were a valuable resource for English colonists, used for building houses and ships. The King of England attempted to control the white pine trade, reserving the tallest trees for ...

The “appeal to heaven” or pine tree flag is a great example of such misappropriation. This flag represents our nation’s early naval history and was flown by six New England schooners ...

Referendum opponents argued that the current flag is rich in tradition and portrays Maine’s history with its depiction of a farmer, a sailor resting on an anchor, a pine tree, a moose ... claimed that ...

The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current flag in 1909. In the new version created by Adam Lemire of Gardiner, the tree is an Eastern ...

Mainers voted Nov. 4, 2024, to keep the official state flag (top) rather than replace it with a design (bottom) that harkens to the state's original flag. (Wikimedia, Maine secretary of state) ...

Question 5 on the Nov. 5 ballot will ask voters if Maine's "Lone Pine ... flag from 1776 through 1971, Martucci noted, and is still in use today without the text. Aside from a New England ...