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Test your knowledge of Alaska, The Last Frontier, with this quiz! Discover fascinating facts about its state symbols, unique ...
A neglected site where the Alaska territorial flag was designed, sewn and first flown will be demolished despite last-minute efforts by Alaskans and a preservation group to save it. The Seward ...
If you grew up in Alaska, at one point or another you have learned about Benny Benson and the creation of the Alaska state flag. If you are like me, the details of the story became a little faded ...
In 1959, 32 years after Benny won the contest, Alaska became our 49th state, and his flag has waved proudly ever since. A memorial to Benny Benson shows his design for Alaska’s flag in 1827, 32 ...
Review finds Alaska state flag designer was 14, not 13 A state of Alaska flag flies outside the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, March 11, 2022.
Officials in Seward, Alaska, will decide Monday whether to demolish a neglected historical boarding school where the state flag was first flown nearly a century ago and where its Alaska Native ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A neglected site where the Alaska territorial flag was designed, sewn and first flown will be demolished despite last-minute efforts by Alaskans and a preservati… ...
JUNEAU, Alaska — The state of Alaska has issued a corrected birth certificate for the teenage designer of the Alaska flag, after researchers who were looking into his heritage found records ...