Michigan town refuses to give up a historic flag More than 150 years ago, a small town gave its word to care for a keepsake. All these years later, one man vows to honor it.

Ionia VFW Post 12082 quartermaster Shane Houghton sits in front of a replica of a Civil War battle flag once carried by the 21st Michigan Infantry, which he displays inside his VFW post in Ionia ...

Houghton knows what he wants: A restored flag hanging in the Ionia Courthouse, where anyone can visit and remember the sacrifices made by hundreds of mid-Michigan soldiers and their families. "We ...