From the significance of its design to the meaning behind its name, here's what to know about the 400-year-old flag The Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag, is the national flag of the United ...

Whether draped around Olympic athletes or the focus of protests in Northern Ireland, this quintessential emblem of Britishness has been a source of controversy and high emotion since it was first ...

The Union flag ... of Ireland gained independence in 1921 following two years of conflict. But six of the nine counties of the province of Ulster chose to stay in the United Kingdom, eventually ...

The saltire was added to the British flag to form the Union Flag still used by the United Kingdom after the 1800 Act of Union joined the Kingdom of Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Between the time that Meagher raised the flag ... Ireland between those of a Protestant and a Catholic background, and the loosening of the ties between the constituent parts of the United Kingdom ...

Aurora will hold the Daniel D. Dolan St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Irish Flag-Raising Ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday in the city’s downtown. The parade, now in its second year, will step off at 11 ...