“The flag went down, yes ... they would set sail in commandeered ships for the free state of Haiti, where slaves had overthrown the white authorities in a bloody revolution a generation earlier.

Instability back home and the immigration crackdowns in the U.S. are making this year’s Haitian Flag Day less celebratory in Miami.

Hundreds flooded the streets with blue and red to celebrate Haitian Flag Day on Prospect Avenue in Westbury at the 10th ...

“Anmweyyy,” the all too common cry of unbearable pain, screams in bold letters in Haitian Creole as a hand with a broken chain grabs the country’s bi-color flag. Underneath, the ...

Sunday was Haitian Flag Day. And in Boston, home to a large and growing Haitian population, that meant a good time.

Several thousand people turned out and turned up for the annual Haitian Cultural Heritage Preservation's Parade of Unity held May 18.

the streets in the heart of Miami’s Haitian community are unusually quiet. Few cars move up and down Northeast Second Avenue flying giant-size blue and red flags as has been customary and few ...

An American flag flew Saturday next to a Haitian one at Somerville City Hall, a symbol of a national holiday in the Caribbean country where gang violence and political upheaval have made life ...

the Haitian community gathered at Al Lopez Park on Sunday to celebrate Haitian Flag Day. The holiday is celebrated on May 18, each year. It honors the creation of the Haitian Flag in 1803 ...