If you see lots of Stars and Stripes flying today, there's a good reason. It's the birthday of the U.S. flag, proposed by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. ...more

June 14, 2009

Joseph Burrucker, 82, was an air traffic controller with the Tuskegee Airmen in the 1940s. For the past few weeks, he has been working out at a gym near his home in Shaker Heights, Ohio, trying to get in shape so that at Barack Obama's inauguration, he will be able to walk, albeit with a cane, to his seat. ...more

January 19, 2009

Mamie Ferlita Suszynski, who helped organize banquets in Ybor City and once sang for Vice President Harry S. Truman, died from pancreatic cancer Saturday. She was 86. ...more

October 27, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama on Monday rejected the comments from a military adviser who diminished Sen. John McCain's service as a naval aviator in Vietnam when he declared, "I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president." ...more

July 1, 2008

Margaret Truman Daniel, 83, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman, died Tuesday at a Chicago assisted living facility after a brief illness. ...more

January 30, 2008

A few years ago, while visiting the Tribune editorial board, former Rep. Sam Gibbons, Hillsborough County's longtime congressman and a World War II veteran, mentioned how relieved he was when two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan in August 1945. His feelings were shared by millions of servicemen who would have been part of a planned invasion of the Japanese islands. ...more

November 6, 2007