Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The POW/MIA Flag flies underneath the U.S. Flag on the enter pole outside at the City-County Building. Salina was designated a POW ...

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter issued a proclamation commemorating the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Every American president since has issued the same proclamation.

West Virginia native, veteran and former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch speaks to a crowd at Gold Star Park Friday during the The Purple Heart and POW/MIA Memorial Monument reveal event on POW/MIA ...

A ceremony Friday at the Maryland World War II Memorial in Annapolis marks National POW/MIA Recognition Day, a day established by Congress to honor the sacrifice and courage of American prisoners of ...

Days after his administration was questioned for not having the POW/MIA flag on top of the state Capitol, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the flag will return and remain through his time in office. "Every ...

The timeline of events began Friday when the town's Coalition for Equity and Inclusion held a flag-raising at the town hall to recognize Pride Month. "Prior to the ceremony, it became apparent that ...

University of Central Florida Air Force ROTC Detachment 159 and color guard lead the symbolic “setting of the table,” where each item on the table represents the commitment to remember and honor our ...

Lt. Col. Ben Pollard is welcomed home as part of Operation Homecoming in March 1973, after almost six years as a prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese. Pollard survived torture, starvation and ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered that the POW/MIA flag be flown at full-staff across Virginia on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day. All state agencies and institutions ...

Every September, America remembers its former prisoners of war (POW) as well as those who went missing in action (MIA) fighting for the nation on the battlefront during National POW/MIA Recognition ...