Political Excitement in Virginia.; A FLAG-POLE RAISED BY THE REPUBLICANS AT OCCOQUAN THE POLE CUT DOWN AND DESTROYED. Share full article. July 30, 1860.

The flag, which the group named the “Charlottesville I-64 Spirit of Defiance Memorial Battle Flag,” is 30 feet by 50 feet, flies from a 120-foot-tall pole and is nearly 25 miles outside city.

The VA's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender committee requested the flag, and its director, Mary-Ellen Piche, approved it, Stratton spokesman Joe Trusso said.

A U.S. flag was later raised on the south lawn around 1 p.m. at a ceremony that included Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and ...

Mr. Curl covered the White House for a dozen years as a correspondent for the Washington Times. He also ran the Drudge Report for four years as the morning editor.

President Donald Trump is downplaying any notion that his supporters are cooling on him amid uncertainty over whether he will order a U.S. strike on Iran.