Gilbert Baker was overwhelmed when he saw the White House lit like a rainbow. “Oh my God,” said the maker of the iconic flag of the gay community.

Shah Khokker, 21, said he likes the marker’s historic significance but thinks the Confederate flag should no longer be publicly flown. “Who won the war? The U.S. won the war,” Khokker said.

In a sign of spring, little colored flags are popping up along with surveyors and their equipment. ... The American Public Works Association has created a universal color system for survey markers.

Each year flags are placed on the markers of tens of thousands of veterans buried in cemeteries throughout the midstate, more than 16,000 in Cumberland County alone. Skip to Article.

MOORESVILLE – A central Indiana town now has a historical marker commemorating the adoption of the state’s flag nearly a century ago.

Gilbert Baker was overwhelmed when he saw the White House lit like a rainbow. “Oh my God,” said the maker of the iconic flag of the gay community.