On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state. At the White House ceremony, President Dwight Eisenhower displayed a new American flag, with its arrangement of seven staggered rows of seven stars each.

Immense beyond imagination, Alaska covers more territory than Texas, California, and Montana combined. Wide swaths of the 49th state—aptly nicknamed the “Last Frontier”—are untamed and ...

The term Gold Star family is a modern reference that comes from the Service Flag. These flags/banners were first flown by families during World War I. The flag included a blue star for every ...

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The right to vote is considered sacrosanct in the U.S., but it isn’t always so in the tiny, remote Native villages across ...

North Pole senior Tiahna Guzman tries to evade a Service defender during the Alaska state flag football championship game on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 in Wasilla. (Chris Bieri / ADN) WASILLA — The ...

WRAL and the Town of Selma will present the 49th annual Selma Railroad Days Festival Oct. 4-6. The annual event celebrate Selma’s rail history with a weekend full of exciting entertainment and ...

However, they weren’t preparing for warfare — unless one counts the 49th annual Marine Corps Marathon ... Eric Kayne is a photographer and writer for Stars and Stripes. He has worked for ...

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New York Yankees star Aaron Judge launched his 49th home run of the season on Friday night as part of a win against the Colorado Rockies (box score). That home run, a sixth-inning shot to put New ...