The flag is a sign of patriotism, a sign of pride in America, a sign— A flag is a sign, period, says the Deadwood Planning and Zoning Commission, and First Gold's sign was too darn big: Deadwood Planning and Zoning…
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The South Dakota State Historical Society has gotten hold of what appears to be one of the guidons General Custer's 7th Cavalry carried into Centennial defeat at the Battle of the Greasy Grass... ...which leads me to Lakota writer Alfred…
Veterans Adminstration Midwest Health Care Network director Janet Murphy put an end to the Confederate-flag flap at the Hot Springs VA this week. She overruled local director Steve DiStasio, ordered the traitor flags removed from public display, and apologized to…
A couple weeks ago, two veterans at the Hot Springs VA noticed two Confederate flags in the hospital's "Freedom Shrine," a display put up by the Rapid City Exchange Club in 1995. The two veterans complained that the flags sent…
South Dakota artist Dick Termes has some civic art in mind: he wants to redesign our state flag. Right now, South Dakota flies this wholly unsatisfying banner: What's wrong with this flag? Words don't belong on a flag. The flag…