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Flags
The histories, meanings, and descriptions of the flags of the Countries of the World and the etiquette of using them.
6,955 Questions
Why does the Mississippi state flag still have a symbol of confederate flag on it?
That is an excellent question. As of yet, no truly satisfactory answer has been offered for it.
What does the colours of the labrador flag represent?
The white represents snow, the blue represents water and the green represents the land.
Why did the US add two more stars to the flag?
because a bunch of other states started adding themselves to the US.
Why did the US add the last two stars on the flag?
The final two stars were added to the flag to represent Alaska and Hawaii.
What does the title Winter's Bone come from or signify?
Apparently, it comes from an expression 'to throw someone a bone' as in to cut them some slack, to show a small mercy, to be kind. The winter is showing a little kindness to ree, giving up her dead father - a small mercy she has earned by her dogged pursuit of him.
Who had the first red white and blue flag?
The Netherlands.
The provinces of the Low Countries, however, rose in revolt against King Philip II of Spain, and the Prince of Orange placed himself at the head of the rebels. The Watergeuzen (pro-independence privateers), acting on his instructions, harassed the enemy everywhere they could and they did this under a tricolour Orange White Blue ("Orange Blanche Blue", or in Dutch: "Oranje Wit Blauw"/"Oranje Blanje Bleu"), the colours of the Prince's coat of arms. It was thus a flag easily associated with the leader of the rebellion, and the association was also expressed in the name: "the Prince's Flag." In an atlas of Kittensteyn, the first Red White and Blue flag can be seen on a painting imaging a battle between the Watergeuzen and the Spaniards. This date was early on in the Eighty Years' War, the Dutch war of independence. Hence 1572 is the official year of the introduction of this banner. This was commemorated in the Netherlands by the issue of a post stamp in 1972.
The flag had three, sometimes six or even nine horizontal stripes, but also took the form of rays projecting from a circle. The colours were used without any fixed order and it was only towards the end of the 16th century that any degree of uniformity appeared. After 1630, the orange stripe was gradually replaced by a red one, as paintings of that time indicate. Since there was likely no political reason for introducing a non-orange motive in the flag, the probable reason is that orange and blue are faint colors and more difficult to distinguish than red and dark blue, especially at sea. Another explanation is that the orange was originally made of natural/herbal yellow and red. The yellow colour faded out first, leaving a red strip.
What are the colours of the ancient flag?
If the flag you are referring to is the original American flag, from when we first became a country, then the colors were ALWAYS red, white, and blue.
The British of course , when Alaska was first discovered an Alaskan and a British settled and the British made the flag then moved to Britain .
What do the colors of the uzbekistan flag mean?
The blue color means the water in the world. The two red stripes means the bloods on our body. The green color in the flag means the green nature like plants. The moon in the flag means Uzbekistan country and the 12 stars mean 12 states in Uzbekistan.
Which country has AK47 on its flag?
The country of Mozambique has a AK47 with a bayonet attached to the barrel.
Here is a reference link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mozambique
the reason is to know how to separate your ships. to mark a ship from a distance, is very hard unless you have a flag.
Black was somewhat a national colour for Prussia. Their symbol was the black eagle and their uniforms sported black as well. Their battle standards were probably black, so raise high the black flags probably means that they should raise their battle banners and flags. Armies in those days carried a lot of flags as also seen in the movie.
There is a blue rectangle on the upper left corner of the flag. The blue represents vigilance, perseverance, and justice. There are 50 stars on the flag, representing the 50 states in the U.S.
The rest of the flag has 13 white and red stripes. The red stands for hardiness and valor and the white stands for purity and innocence. As most people say, the 13 stripes stand for the 13 original colonies but a few say that it is a masonic symbol since it has 13.
Why does Washington's flag look like it looks?
The answer is because George's wife sent him a letter during the war and it happened to state in it what she likes the most, flowers. So George shortly after got word that he needed a flag, so he designed it by using details like a flower, but he definitely didn't make it look exactly like a flower. The other part of it looks like it does because he threw up, didn't feel good, and just scribbled down some designs.
