Flags

The Jamaican Flag was designed in 1962 by the Reverend William McGhie from an idea by Sir Alexander Bustamante (first Prime Minister of Jamaica). Originally a green, black and gold tricolour, Reverend McGhie incorporated the Scottish Cross of St. Andrew as a way of combining Jamaica's African and Christian roots. The Flag was first hoisted on 2 August 1962, the day Jamaica became an independent nation.

Most football teams do not put the US Flag on their helmets. It is too likely to be damaged, scratched and dented, not a good sign of respect.

in front so every one can see it

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The colours on the Aboriginal Flag mean: Black - Represents the Aboriginal people Red - Represents the Earth and the spiritual relationship with the land, and Yellow - Represents the Sun, the giver of life.

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long ago wnen turkey was a nation they was lots of blood shed between them and the greace on there battle field there was huge puddles of blood 1 day there was a crescent moon and a star next to it it showed in the blood

they deciden it shall b there flag

not myth or legend true

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Sorry, but this above is exactly legend and/or myth. There may have been an instance in history where Jupiter (not a star) appeared beside a crescent moon reflected in a pool of blood. And, this has certainly been told and retold many times. However, this is not the history of the Turkish flag. Various forms of crescent and stars were used by Turkic Central Asian and Siberian clans thousands of years ago. It appears on coins and other historic artifacts. Modern day Turks are descended from these peoples. Coincidentally, it was also the Roman symbol for the goddess Diana, and represented on the flag of Constantinople prior to Ottoman capture. The Turks took this remarkable coincidence as evidence of their divine destiny to rule their empire from this site. Eventually, after the conquest of Constantinople and the conversion to Istanbul, the crescent/star symbol was adopted by various lands ruled by the Ottomans. Consequently, it came to be the symbol of Islam as well, but it's existence among Turks predates Islam by thousands of years. Interestingly, it was also once the flag of the British Royal Navy, and continues to represent the Portsmouth Coat of Arms in England, where the Navy is based. This adoption occured during the 3rd crusade when Richard invaded and overthrew the leadership in Cyprus. Cyprus was to be the launching site for the Royal Navy's operations. Thus the flag was usurped to represent the navy. So in short, while it has become the de facto symbol of Islam, it is actually rooted in Roman mythology and the Turkish peoples of the Caucasus and Central Asia. The eight pointed star and crescent on the flag of Azerbaijan specifically represents the eight Turkish tribes.

The very first American flagis in the smithsonian.

Yes.

In 1916 the Mexican flag was same as the Italian flag, but had the Mexican coat of arms in the white part. In 1968 the aspect ration of this flag was changed to make it different than that of the Italian flag. the Italian flag aspect ratio is 2:3 (1 to 1.5), more squarish in shape, while the Mexican flag aspect ratio is 4:7 (1 to 1.75), resulting in a longer shape.

The flags of Hungary and Iran have the same colour of the Italian flag, but the stripes are horizontal instead of vertical. The Hungarian flag as the green on top and the red at the bottom. The Iranian flag had the red at the top, the green at the bottom and the national emblem in the white part and the writing God is Great in Parsi written in white and 22 times along the fringes of both coloured stripes.

It will only be dipped during the playing of the National Anthem or To the Colors or a foreign national anthem. During salutes etc. the dip for State colors would be based on that States' flag laws. In the Army orgnaizational flags including the Army flag only dip during salutes for officers of that command and higher. This happens while the National Anthem is being played or in case a foreign national anthem is played. The United States Army flag is also dipped in a similar way. The regulations of the United States Air Force are somewhat different as the flag is dipped in salute while about six pages in front of a person being saluted.

Both are completely different. See related links.

Colonel Charles W. Harris of the Ariizona National Guard in 1910.

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Black, green, and yellow are Pan-African colors. Yellow recalls the shining sun, black reflects hardships, and green represents the land. "Hardships there are but the land is green and the sun shineth" is the local explanation of the colors.

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Some sort of network error has occurred. For example, if you tried to do some internet browsing or log in to IM and got "Network error" it will display the flag until the phone is reset (by removing the battery for a few seconds).

The Evolution of the Stars and Stripes

The flag for the state of Iowa shows a brown and white hawk. The hawk is carrying a snake in its talons and shows the bird in flight. On the left is a blue vertical stripe. The middle is white. On the right is a red vertical stripe.

they chose the design because there are many different people but they still wanted to have the colors red,white,and blue

Red, white and green

It has a long history and stages of it becoming the Irish flag. It's origins go back to 1848. It was raised over the GPO during the Easter Rising in 1916. It was adopted in 1919 as the national flag in the war of Independence and then during the civil war of 1922 to 1926. It was officially recognised as the national flag in the 1937 constitution.

It is a red 'Nordic cross' (Christian cross), that is on top of a larger white Nordic cross, with a blue background. :BBBBBBBBB00XXXX00BBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBB00XXXX00BBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBB00XXXX00BBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBB00XXXX00BBBBBBBBBBBBBB :00000000000XXXX0000000000000000 :XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX :XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX :00000000000XXXX0000000000000000 :BBBBBBBBB00XXXX00BBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBB00XXXX00BBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBB00XXXX00BBBBBBBBBBBBBB :BBBBBBBBB00XXXX00BBBBBBBBBBBBBB That, there is a rough typographical sketch of mine. X being red, and B bluea, and 0 white.

The Macedonian flag has a yellow dot in the middle and has many red and yellow stripes around it.

The Japanese flag has the red circle, and that represents the sun. Japan literally gets sunlight the fastest (International Date Line), so the circle means that Japan "meets" the sun the earliest.

that the Aztecs saw an eagle sitting on a cactus