A social media post by Antonio Tajani, Italy’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, has sparked debate around the origins and symbolism of the European flag. Writing on X to mark 40 years since ...

Battle flags are usually designed to inspire a sense of pride in service, duty or patriotism for one’s country, or loyalty to a celebrated hero. So you have to admire the pettiness of British ...

To be a European is to have learned from history that what starts off as patriotic fervour can, under the wrong kind of pressure, curdle into something far uglier. Most Europeans thus treat the flags ...

WATERLOO — Grout Museum Registrar Nicholas Erickson removed layers of acid-free tissue paper and gently lifted the nearly 90-year-old American flag from its box. He carefully began to unfold the flag ...