In 1960, the presidential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was a tight one, and both sides were looking for an ...

Nixon died of a stroke in 1994, surviving Pat by exactly 10 months. He and his wife are buried side by side on the grounds of ...

Four years after the end of a first term marked by furor, folly, and a failed insurrection, Donald Trump is returning to the ...

As Carter’s fundamental decency, intelligence, devotion to faith, commitment to public service at home and abroad, and generosity of spirit were celebrated by the eulogists, Trump was the elephant in ...

The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff, including a 30-day period for current or ...

Longtime Rockford Register Star photojournalist Gary L. Carlson was often the first at historic moments and breaking news ...

President Joe Biden has ordered flags be flown at half-staff through Jan. 28 in honor of former President Jimmy Carter.

President Joe Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for 30 days following the death of former president Jimmy Carter.

A longtime Rockford resident, photojournalist and U.S. military veteran who had a talent ... Carlson photographed Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, famous performers like Eddie Murphy ...

May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed ...

That's what happened in February 1973, when then-President Richard Nixon opted to raise flags ... and also attended Carter’s state funeral service in Washington last week.