Symbols and Symbolism

Decades after they joined the Girl Scouts, Kirsten Enzinger and Janet Brown still have fond memories of times they spent inside the giant tepee at Annapolis' Camp Woodlands. "It was the place for orientation, the place for meals, the place for meetings,"...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (KTLA) -- The Marine Corps is investigating a photo taken by one of its scout sniper teams in Afghanistan in front of a flag with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol, but Marine sources say the flag has nothing to do with Nazi...

Changin' ain't easy, but people keep trying. Sixty-four percent of adults between ages 18-29 said they were "somewhat likely" or "very likely" to make a New Year's resolution, according to a recent poll by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion. That...

"I think that artists live and work with symbols and that may be why we need to have symbolic dates and objects for the events of our lives. It is how we look at the world." —Marsh Scott, artist * Is this a good time? Good as any, I suppose....

The Columbia Association plans to unveil a new logo in late April, replacing the "People Tree" symbol that resembles the iconic downtown statue. The People Tree logo, which covers numerous surfaces from employee uniforms, to CA vehicles, to signs at 42...

For nearly half a century, Columbia residents have looked to the "People Tree" sculpture as a symbol of founder James Rouse's vision of an inclusive, connected community. Now, the organization that runs the planned town says it will drop images of the...

Today is the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the second-most-recognized symbol of our national shame (after the abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq). The prison represents a time when we let fear, rather...

Patricia A. Disney Philanthropist, ex-wife of Walt Disney's nephew Roy Patricia A. Disney, 77, who grew up as a neighbor of Roy E. Disney in Toluca Lake and was married to him for more than 50 years, died Friday of Alzheimer's disease, her family...