Maria Lambert said Breckland Council told her to remove the skull and crossbones after a complaint was made on August 24. Officials then investigated and changed their minds, saying it could stay. The ...

As his sixth birthday approached, Morgan Smith's parents thought hoisting the Jolly Roger would be the perfect way to make the pirate-mad youngster's day. The flag was duly run up the pole in the back ...

It once sent a shiver down the timbers of sailors everywhere but now this rare 18th century pirate flag has taken pride of place at the National Museum of the Royal Navy. It once sent a shiver down ...

There have been a number of different explanations of the origin of the most famous of the pirates’ flags: the ‘skull and cross bones’, which was first used around the year 1700. In the book Socialism ...

What’s in the news? Oh, nothing special, just “America’s most secret attack sub ever” heading for her homeport on Sept. 11, flying pirate colors beside the national ensign. And everybody’s got ...