Protesters across the nation have begun to gather against President Trump’s Saturday military parade. Thousands of “No Kings” protests are planned as Washington hosts the 250th anniversary of the Army in Washington on Saturday, where hundreds of thousands are expected to gather. Trump, ahead of Saturday’s event, warned protesters they would be met with “a... ... Read full Story
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President Donald Trump's parade for the Army's 250th anniversary to showcase military history with tanks and aircraft flyovers, amid expected protests and stormy weather. ... Read full Story
President Trump on Saturday shared his enthusiasm for the day's festivities despite expected rainy weather conditions. "OUR GREAT MILITARY PARADE IS ON, RAIN OR SHINE," Trump wrote Saturday morning on Truth Social. "REMEMBER, A RAINY DAY P[A]RADE BRINGS GOOD LUCK," he wrote. "I’LL SEE YOU ALL IN D.C." Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the... ... Read full Story
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) slammed President Trump for his Saturday military parade, which is expected to cost millions of dollars. “As tanks roll down PA. Ave and planes streak above, remember this is all courtesy of the taxpayers,” Raskin wrote in a post on the social media platform X. “Maybe there will be goodie bags... ... Read full Story
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Washington is gearing up for an extraordinary display of military might on Saturday with a parade and festival to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Army — a day that’s also President Trump’s 79th birthday. The event has drawn fire for its expected cost as well as its timing, with critics deeming it another example... ... Read full Story
"... flags should have simple elements, a limited number of colors, and no words. One of the tenets of vexillology is that the elements of the flag should be simple enough to be easily drawn by a child." — The Toledo (Ohio) Blade, 9 Jan. 2025
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"The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history." Woodrow Wilson was speaking of the U.S. flag when he made that statement in an address in June of 1915, but those who engage in vexillology—that is, vexillologists—would likely find the comment applicable to any national banner. Vexillologists undertake scholarly investigations of flags, producing papers with titles such as "A Review of the Changing Proportions of Rectangular Flags since Medieval Times, and Some Suggestions for the Future." In the late 1950s, they coined vexillology as a name for their field of research, basing it on vexillum, the Latin term for a square flag or banner of the ancient Roman cavalry. The adjectives vexillologic and vexillological and the noun vexillologist followed soon thereafter.