Ultimate Flags

"THEIR CONSECRATED RIGHT"

The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution on August 26, 1920. Women suffragists struggled for more than 70 years to obtain their goal. The Amendment read,

“The right of citizens of the United States to vot...

HEROIC BIRD OF WAR: Commando

Commando was a pigeon used in service with the British armed forces during the Second World War to carry crucial intelligence. The pigeon carried out more than ninety missions during the war, and received the Dickin Medal (the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross)...

HEROIC BIRD OF WAR: Winkie's Story

Carrier pigeon, Winkie, received the first PDSA Dickin Medal from Maria Dickin on 2 December 1943 for the heroic role she played in saving the lives of a downed air crew.

The four-man crew's Beaufort Bomber ditched in the sea more than 100 miles from base afte...

HEROIC BIRD OF WAR: “G.I.JOE”

“G.I.JOE” is the most outstanding military pigeon in history and is credited with saving the lives of at least 1,000 British troops during World War II.

The British 56th Brigade was scheduled to attack the city of Colvi Vecchia, Italy, at 10 a.m., October 18, 1943....

HEROIC BIRD OF WAR: Message Carrier

Carrier pigeons were used by both the Allied and Central Powers during World War I and could even provide updates to military commanders when launched in midair from planes.

Launched mid-mission, the birds would fly back to their coops and update ground comma...

"FLAG FACTS: THE CURRENT US FLAG WAS DESIGNED BY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT"

Who knew the American flag was designed by a teenager?!

In 1958, then-17-year-old Robert G. Heft of Lancaster, Ohio submitted the design in a contest. President Dwight Eisenhower chose Robert's design from over 1,500 other...

HEROIC BIRD OF WAR: "President Wilson"

An unsung hero of World War I that made a daring flight to save U.S. troops exactly 100 years ago on Friday, was a pigeon, named "President Wilson".

President Wilson was a military carrier pigeon, one of many in the U.S. Army Signal Corps that delivered ...

"THE MAN BEHIND THE STARS AND STRIPES - FRANCIS HOPKINSON"

Betsy Ross made flags for 50 years, and we are all familiar with the famous circular 13-star design. Fewer know about Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration of Independence and designer of our Stars and Stripes. Letters between Hop...

HEROIC BIRD OF WAR – Cher Ami to the Rescue

There are “birds of war” that aren’t the metal flying machines equipped with abilities to release weapons on targets, but the flesh and blood feathered kind – pigeons, equipped with another type of targeting ability. Pigeons have been used as message c...