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195 stories matching flag
- The Old Union Flag
A group of Seattle schoolboys preparing for a dance discovered a historic, weather-beaten Union flag—triggering a local effort to preserve the banner that once flew over the Civil War-era Union League.
- Whitman's Freshman Flag Raid Ended With a Presidential Sermon on Anarchy
A Sophomore rush on the Memorial Building tower broke glass and plaster—prompting President Penrose to suspend the flag contest and lecture students on class spirit, property and citizenship.
- A Bolt Out of a Clear Sky Passes Inches From a Sleeping Man
Lightning hits the flagpole of the Walla Walla Athletic Club on West Alder at seven in the morning, tears a hole in the roof, rips an American flag down through the building — and leaves manager S. S. Bettman untouched in his bed.
- A City Turns Out for Its Dead: Seattle's Memorial Day, 1895
Three hundred and five veterans, three militia companies, high-school cadets and a twelve-foot column of flowers marched Front Street and filled the Seattle Theater — while the Board of Health kept the schoolchildren from singing.
- The Renegade's Return: A Confederate Exile's Seattle Confession
Decades after the Civil War, an expatriate recounts his painful realization of displacement while watching the American flag from across a border.
- The Irish Flag Arrives in Seattle
The steamship Knockfierna marks a historic maritime moment by becoming the first vessel to sail into the port of Seattle flying the Irish flag.
- Three Hundred Olympians Pack Columbia Hall to See Who Takes the Cake
A novelty dance craze two weeks in the gossiping arrives at last: one hundred couples, a flag, a pair of clashing cymbals, and a ten-cent ticket for every march — all to raise money for the YMCA's women's auxiliary.
- The Man Who Wanted to Redesign the Flag
While Congress struggled with the logistics of adding new stars to the American flag, a Tacoma resident claimed to have a permanent solution.
- The Town Raises the Flag
Kennewick gathers to unfurl the national colors amid the fervor of a nation entering the Great War.
- Kennewick’s First Service Flag Flies
A local garage honors its employees serving in the Great War with a new emblem of community pride.
- The Captain Who Died for His Flag
A Seattle lawyer’s final wish—to be killed in battle while holding the American flag—was tragically fulfilled in Manila, casting a storm over the local community.
- A Cow on the Track, a Freight Train in the Air, and Two Dead Railroad Men
A wandering cow derailed a freight train near Latona in 1894, killing two railroad workers and scattering thirteen cars while crewmen ran ahead to flag the passenger trains.
- Spokane Dressed for a Railroad King—and Waited Until Midnight
Spokane Falls spent a week building arches and hanging evergreens for Henry Villard's Northern Pacific excursion, but delayed trains turned the grand reception into a series of after-dark whistle-stops—and Ulysses S. Grant drew the crowd that the railroad had promised.
- Steamship Minnesota Departs for the Last Time Under U.S. Flag
The largest freight carrier flying the American flag is being sold to British owners, rendered unprofitable by new federal maritime regulations.
- Patriotic Rivalry at Oak Point
When steamer crewmen beat the local ladies to the punch on a flag-raising ceremony, the women reclaimed the duty themselves.
- When Seattle Draped Its Church in Flags for the Union Dead
In 1895, veterans packed First Methodist at Third and Marion for an elaborate Memorial Sunday sermon, with stacked rifles, roses, palms and a choir.
- The Mayor's Flag Fight
A Seattle opera house owner sparks a civic brawl by flying a green flag above the Stars and Stripes, leading the mayor to forcibly intervene.
- A Flag, a Revolver, and a Red-Headed Man: Newport's Strange Tuesday Manhunt
A woman under morphine delusions armed herself with an American flag and a loaded .38, then walked Washington Avenue looking for a red-headed man she meant to kill.
- They Climbed Rainier First—and Slept in a Sulphur-Scented Ice Cave
In 1870, Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump reached Mount Rainier's summit after a brutal 10½-hour climb, then spent a freezing night beside volcanic steam vents.
- Seattle’s Japanese Community Celebrates Victory
Local residents gather at the Japanese Y.M.C.A. to mark a national holiday and recent military successes in the Sino-Japanese War.
- The City Council's Yellow Flag Fiasco
When Seattle officials passed a health ordinance to curb contagion, they refused to apply it to a notorious local brothel, sparking a public outcry against political hypocrisy.
- Civil War Veterans Clash with Custom House Over Flag Display
Grand Army of the Republic members in Olympia vow to hold federal officials accountable after an alleged failure to fly the American flag on Memorial Day.
- Five Masked Men, a $50,000 Payroll, and a Train Robbery That Fell Apart
A planned holdup of the Northern Pacific's No. 2 near Cle Elum unraveled when the train stopped 500 feet too far ahead, leaving two would-be robbers to run straight into a waiting posse.
- The Flag of the Marion Grimes
A diplomatic stir erupts as the captain of a local ship is scolded by American officials for defending the U.S. flag against Canadian seizure.
- When Seattle First Flew the Philippine Flag
A six-day Filipino fraternal convention fills Washington Hall, the Eagles Auditorium and the Olympic Hotel—and puts the Philippine flag over Seventh Avenue for the first time in the city’s history.
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- A Patriotic Gathering at McGraw Square
Hanford prepares for a local flag-raising ceremony, part of a wider Benton County effort to boost wartime morale.
- The Highlands Flagpole Vandals
A small-town mystery where a stolen rope prevents the local club from honoring Lincoln and Washington.
- Kennewick's Patriotic Flag-Raising Parade
A crowd of 800 gathers at Second and Tacoma streets to celebrate a new, 93-foot flag pole during the early days of WWI.
- The Army of Two Flags
Facing suspicion as an 'English institution,' the local Salvation Army embraced American patriotism to win the city's trust.
- The Yellow Flag Mandate of 1872
Before the age of modern public health infrastructure, Seattle's early municipal government passed strict, penalty-heavy laws to contain contagious diseases through quarantine and public shaming.
- The Great Flag Heist at Whitman College
In a daring midnight operation, twelve freshmen scaled the Memorial Building to plant their class banner on the spire.
- The Flagpole Mystery at Whitman College
A red and green sweater displayed as an effigy on the conservatory flagpole has students speculating on freshman-sophomore rivalries and campus politics.
- Scaling the Courthouse Spire
After multiple failed attempts by laborers, a young man scales the courthouse roof to restore the Stars and Stripes to its rightful place.