The Pine Tree Flag waves at the annual commemorations of the 1772 Pine Tree Riot in Weare, N.H., one of the first acts of resistance against British authority by American colonists.

The pine tree flag, which features a green pine tree and the north star on a tan background, was Maine's original state flag when it was adopted in 1901. It was replaced a few years later by the ...

An obscure Revolutionary War-era flag emblazoned with a pine tree has drawn renewed attention amid reports that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flew the “Appeal to Heaven” flag above his ...

A Pine Tree flag, a symbol originally from the Revolutionary War but more recently linked to groups who stormed the U.S. Capitol, has been removed from the San Francisco Civic Center Plaza.

Replacing the flag seemed quixotic when it was first proposed by former Rep. Sean Paulhus back in 2021. It garnered few votes the first time out, yet all over the state people were flying the pine ...

The proposed redesign by Adam Lemire, a resident of Gardiner, Maine, shows the state’s official tree, the eastern white pine, in the center on a buff field with a navy star in the upper-left ...

The current state flag for Maine was established in February 1909. Its coat of arms shows an emblem of a moose and pine tree on a shield supported by a farmer and a sailor. A ribbon below bears ...

“People have rediscovered the 1901 flag in recent years, so there’s a sense of renewal about it.” “We’re the Pine Tree State,” he continued.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On the question of the origin of the pine tree flag, the 1938 edition of ...

A Pine Tree flag, a symbol originally from the Revolutionary War but more recently linked to groups who stormed the U.S. Capitol, has been removed from the San Francisco Civic Center Plaza.