American Flag
Slippers shipped to troops
MORIAH | Moriah Central School students have collected and sent new slippers and socks to soldiers deployed in the Middle East for the past three years. more
Flagpole dedicated to veterans
TICONDEROGA | The Moses Ludington Adult Care Facility has dedicated its new flagpole to area military veterans. more
Flag ceremony honors fallen deputy
LEWIS | A special ceremony was held in the early evening hour of Oct. 18 as the Essex County Sheriff’s Department honored one of their own. more
Let’s be real: ‘Bloviator in chief’ creating fissures in body politic
Let’s get one thing cleared up: The protests started by Colin Kaepernick and others have nothing to do with the flag. It is a protest over the many instances of police shootings of unarmed black people. more
Sept. 11 memorial ceremony draws hundreds
WARRENSBURG | Hundreds of residents gathered for an emotion-filled memorial service on Monday to honor those who were killed — or involved in rescue efforts — in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 16 years ago. more
Flag Day Service held
TICONDEROGA – The Ticonderoga Elks Lodge 1494 held a Flag Day Service recently at the lodge rooms. more
Celebrating Flag Day
PLATTSBURGH – The University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) held its 2nd annual Flag Day ceremony on June 14. more
Elks plan busy month of events
TICONDEROGA – Ticonderoga Elks have a busy June planned. more
Elks donate flag display
TICONDEROGA – The Ticonderoga Elks recently presented a U.S. flag history plaque to the Ticonderoga Elementary-Middle School. more
Women’s March sparks rally at Inez gravesite
LEWIS — The final resting place of suffragist Inez Milholland was covered in roses and white lilies and decorated with an American flag after hundreds gathered at her snowbound gravestone set flat against the ground a hundred years ago. more
Standing Tall
Adirondack Flagpoles owner Danny Kaifetz has dedicated his life to building flagpoles, touching lives. more
Lewis veterans honor the fallen on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
LEWIS — Snow filtered from dark skies as a group of veterans gathered to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago today. more
The history of the American flag
TICONDEROGA The Ticonderoga Elks Lodge recently presented Crown Point Central School students and history teacher Shane Thelen with a framed poster of the history of the American flag. more
Stars and Stripes
ELIZABETHTOWN – Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School sixth grader’s Jonathan Howard and Cameron Armstrong and Paul Fenton of the Elizabethtown VFW raise a new flag donated to the ELCS. more
‘A year's worth of travels with the American flag’
If you’re a North Country resident, you have likely caught the glint of Old Glory blowing in the breeze atop a distant mountain at some point in your travels. more