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.

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.

And one way that a symbol can become marginalized is if people who are mainstream and who like it give up on it and they say, "I'm not going to fly the Gadsden flag anymore because somebody at a ...

The pine tree was a common insignia in colonial America, appearing on various flags, particularly in New England, from the 17th century onward; to this day it remains an official naval ensign of ...

The pine tree is also still a beloved regional symbol in New England. A similar flag — with a green pine in a white canton on a red field — is flown throughout the region.

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.