Flags

The Cuban government's official version of the meaning of the Cuban flag states that - the blue stripes refer to the three old divisions of the island; and the two white stripes represent the strength of the independent ideal. The red triangle symbolizes equality, fraternity and freedom, as well as the blood shed in the island's struggle for independence. Finally, the white star symbolizes the absolute freedom among the Cuban people. The Cuban government's official version of the meaning of the Cuban flag states that - the blue stripes refer to the three old divisions of the island; and the two white stripes represent the strength of the independent ideal. The red triangle symbolizes equality, fraternity and freedom, as well as the blood shed in the island's struggle for independence. Finally, the white star symbolizes the absolute freedom among the Cuban people.

A bison, the Wyoming State mammal and called the monarch of the plains, dominates the flag.

The state seal is in the center. A woman is pictured on the state seal. The woman represents the state's motto "Equal Rights," which is written on a banner she is holding. Wyoming was the first state in which women had the right to vote and hold public office. There is a rancher and a miner on either side of a woman.

The words "Livestock", "Mines", "Grains," and "Oil" are on two columns that are on either side of the woman; they represent Wyoming's agricultural and mineral wealth.

A shield (with stripes and a star) and an eagle are under the woman; they symbolize support for the United States.

The dates 1869 and 1890 are on either side of the shield; they are the dates when Wyoming organized as a territory of the United States and when it became a state.

According to the flag's designer, Verna Keays Keyes:

"The symbolism of the flag is as follows:

The Great Seal of the State of Wyoming is the heart of the flag.

The seal on the bison represents the truly western custom of branding. The bison was once "Monarch of the Plains."

The red border represents the Red Men, who knew and loved our country long before any of us were here; also, the blood of the pioneers who gave their lives in reclaiming the soil.

White is an emblem of purity and uprightness over Wyoming.

Blue, which is found in the bluest blue of Wyoming skies and the distant mountains, has through the ages been symbolic of fidelity, justice and virility.

And finally the red, white and blue of the flag of the State of Wyoming are the colors of the greatest flag in all the world, the Stars and Stripes of the United States of America."

In 1785 King Charles III realized that most of European countries used flags which were predominantly white, including Spain. That led to many confusions particularly at sea. So he ordered to make a new one flag which can be seen clearly from great distances. The red and yellow colors can be seen very well at sea, so they chose that one, also to distinguished from others tribanded flags, the yellow central band was twice the width of the red bands. On the yellow band appeared the coat of arms of the king and above of it the Real Crown.

This flag lasted until 1931, when Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed, the new regime changed the monarchist flag for a new one in which the second red band was turned into murray and the coat of arms was changed as well.

After Spanish Civil War, the flag returned to be bicolor, but the arms was changed again by the dictatorial regime, claimed to be inspire in Catholic Monarchs coat of arms and adding the Pillars of Hercules and the motto 'una, grande y libre' (ONE, GREAT and FREE).

This one lasted until 1978, and in 1981 Democratic Constitution changed the arms for the coat of arms of Spanish Kingdom including the House of Bourbon crest in the middle of it.

The fifty stars on the flag represent the fifty states.

The 5 rings represent the 5 continents. They are interlaced to show the universality of Olympism and the meeting of the athletes of the whole world during the Olympic Games.

At first, the way the rings were interlaced was sometimes a little odd compared with what we are use to today.

Nowadays, the Olympic symbol is subject to very strict rules. Graphic standards have been set down, which determine, for example, the exact position of each ring.

The colors of the rings also represent the whole world, as there is not a national flag in the world that does not have at least some red, green, blue, yellow, or black in it.

The stripes on the U.S flag are white and red.

There are 13 of the stripes and they each stand for one of the 13 original colonies of the United states.

June fourteenth, seventeen seventy-seven.

It was retained and used to honor the failed California Republic which was never recognized on the International scene.

Both use stripes to signify important regions; in the US they are the 13 original colonies in the country, while in Malaysia they are the 13 member states and the federal government. They appear similar but have different numbers of stripes (7 red and 6 white on the former, 7 of each on the latter). That is the only similarity (other than the blue quarter, which is used by many other flags as well).

George Calvert was the first Lord Baltimore. The Calverts founded Maryland as a British colony. The Black and golf incorporated the colors from the coat of arms from his paternal side, the Calverts. The red and white arms are of the Crosslands, his maternal family.

There are seven red and six white stripes on the American flag. (thirteen)

It was actually said that no one had asked Betsy Ross to sew the American flag. She was bored one day and had remembered that a couple years back, she had learned how to sew and thought it was pretty fun. She then picked up all of the materials that she needed and was one her way to sewing a beautiful site. That is how she had actually decided to sew the American flag.

Keep in mind that there is no actual evidence that anyone by that name actually existed. The stories are anecdotal.

It is the stripes on the flag that represent the 13 original colonies

what does it mean when it is said to be the first one the wave the white flag ?

It means to surrender or indicates you wish to talk or parley with the opposite side in a battle

I don't think the IOC considers them to recognize continents. It is said the five colors represent all the flags of the world at least one color appearing in every flag.

Despite popular misconceptions there is no link between the ring colours and a continent, the colours simply came from those colours that appeared on all the national flags of the world at that time. The colors, including white, are chosen such that the flag of every country has at least one of its colors in the Olympic flag.

The rings of blue, black, yellow, red and green, which make up one of the most recognized symbols in the world, traditionally represent the five different areas of the world involved in the Olympics (North and South America are considered one area, along with Africa, Australia, Asia and Europe). However, these continents are not represented individually by any particular ring.

On June 14, 1777: The above is quoted from the following site. www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagfact.html MrV

The U.S. flag is red and white striped with a panel of blue in the upper left-hand corner. The panel of blue, known as Old Glory, features 50 white stars, each representing a different state. Each of the 13 stripes represents one of the original 13 colonies.

The rules for taking the flag down at night for a civilian are different than for the military. A civilian must take down a flag before dark if there is no light shining on the flag pole. The flag can be folded but it must never touch the ground. Many people choose to roll their flags to prevent creases.

Because it represents each region.
The Olympic rings are those colours because every country's flag has at least one colour in common with the logo.
To represent all of the countries colors. Each countries flag has at least one of the colors.