Thus, red also signified proximity to the royal court, wealth and power. A white eagle on a red background was also present on heraldic flags. The symbol of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a ...

Flags signaled other units in battle, but were also a tangible manifestation of the beliefs and spirit of a group of people. As such, flags were protected to the point of injury or death. Men in ...

3. The mother of Pope John Paul II was of Lithuanian descent. The majority of Lithuania's three million population are Roman Catholics. 4. Mindaugas was the first and only King of Lithuania. He was ...

Tensions had already climbed on Wednesday evening as a Palestinian flag was pulled down from the front of one ... In comments ...

Lithuania is the largest and most southerly of the three Baltic republics. Not much more than a decade after it regained its independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, Lithuania ...

From enthusiasm from Israel's leader to thinly veiled anxiety from some of America's oldest European allies, foreign reaction ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

Lithuania's center-left opposition Social Democrats (SD) will attempt to form a majority coalition government together with two other parties following the country's parliamentary election, its ...

RIVERSIDE — Halftime at flag football games lasts only five minutes, so teams don’t have much time to talk things over before stepping back onto the field. King could have made a costly ...

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, ”We are flying two British Overseas’ Territories flags in New Palace Yard today - the flag of the Falkland Islands to mark Falklands Day and ...

DUNWOODY, Ga. - Atlanta rapper T.I.'s son, Clifford "King" Harris, Jr., was arrested in Dunwoody on Monday. According to jail records, there was a warrant out for King's arrest in Pickens County ...