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unusual facts about national flag



Coat of arms of Singapore

The committee that created it, headed by then Deputy Prime Minister Toh Chin Chye, was also responsible for the national flag and the national anthem of Singapore.

Continental shelf of Russia

In response to Russia's planting the national flag on the seabed at the North Pole, Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay stated, "This isn't the 15th century. You can't go around the world and just plant flags and say 'We're claiming this territory'".

Guaita

It is one of the three towers depicted on both the national flag and coat of arms.

Julián Carrillo

Mexico's government awarded him the Civic Merit Medal because of the anniversary of the Canto a la Bandera (Song to the National Flag).

Verkhovna Rada building

The red-and-blue Flag of Soviet Ukraine was flown on top of the dome for over 50 years, until it was replaced by the yellow-and-blue national Flag of Ukraine, following Ukraine's attainment of independence in 1991.

William Crampton

The approaching millennium and the bicentenary of the Union Flag in 2001 stimulated other major projects including a campaign to have the Union Flag adopted as the UK's national flag, the establishment of a Flag Centre to house the Institute and the hosting of the 19th Congress in 2001 in York.


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1848 in Ireland

7 March - Thomas Francis Meagher flies the Irish Tricolour in Waterford, the first recorded usage of the flag which is now the national flag of the Republic of Ireland.

1869 in New Zealand

It does not become the official national flag until 1902.

Anthony C. George

The contest allowed entrants to submit designs for a new National Flag and Coat of Arms with Motto, George won both competitions.

Battle of Fort Pulaski

Commander Christopher Rodgers, USS Flag, led a landing party of sailors and Marines in thirteen surf-boats to occupy the Lighthouse and the Martello tower, and flew the national flag from them.

Cross-border flag for Ireland

James McSparran: The tricolour is admitted by all nations within the comity of nations to be the national flag of Ireland.

Flag dipping

Some jurisdictions have laws that discourage or prohibit the dipping of the national flag; these include the United States (with its non-binding flag code), India, Philippines and South Africa.

Flag of Algeria

Algerian ships fly the national flag as their ensign, except for ships of the Algerian National Navy, which use the national flag charged with two red crossed anchors in the canton as the naval ensign.

Flag of Cyprus

Under the terms of the Annan Plan for Cyprus, a United Nations proposal to settle the Cyprus dispute, a new national flag would have been adopted by a reconstituted confederal republic of Cyprus.

Flag of Egypt

In 1958, Egypt and Syria united as the United Arab Republic (U.A.R.) and adopted a national flag based on the Arab Liberation flag, with two green stars (representing the two countries of the union) replacing the Eagle of Saladin in the white band.

Flag of Mozambique

It includes the image of an AK-47 with a bayonet attached to the barrel and is the only national flag in the world to feature such a modern rifle.

Flag of Peru

It was changed several times; before 1950 it looked like the current national flag and was used as both the civil and state flag, when General Manuel A. Odría removed the coat of arms from the national flag and created the state and war flags.

Flag of the President of the United States

The first record in regulations to prescribe a flag for the President was the 1858 Signals for the Use of the United States Navy, which specified that the union jack (the canton of the national flag by itself, i.e. blue with white stars for all the states) should be flown at the mainmast to signify the presence of the commander-in-chief.

Flag of Vietnam

The French, who gradually gained control of Vietnam in the late 19th century, flew the Tricolour, the French national flag.

Geography of Rosario

A few streets are named with dates: 3 de Febrero (February 3, day of the Battle of San Lorenzo), 9 de Julio (July 9, Independence Day), 27 de Febrero (February 27, date of creation of the national flag), Primero de Mayo (May 1, Labor Day).

George Odlum

Odlum's funeral was held on 6 October, with a 30-vehicle procession travelling from Vieux Fort to Castries; it was led by a pair of police outriders and a coach carrying the coffin, draped in the national flag.

Glossary of vexillology

Even with such combinations, this framework is not complete: some countries define designs for usage contexts not expressible in this scheme such as air force ensigns (distinct from war flags or war ensigns, flown as the national flag at air bases; for example, see Royal Air Force Ensign) and civil air ensigns.

Louis Grech

Louis Grech was one of the first pioneers in the setting up and formation of the national flag carrier Air Malta under a Labour Government in 1973.

Luis Alberto Monge

Shortly after becoming President, Monge traveled to Israel, where, without knowing about the United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, he raised the national flag on Costa Rica's embassy building.

Mount Ayanganna

Ever since Guyana became a Republic on 23 February 1970, the national flag is hoisted ceremoniously each year on Mount Ayanganna on the eve of the country's Republic Anniversary by members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games

At the games the Northern Ireland team uses the flag of the former Government of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Banner as its national flag.

Red Ensign

The most notable usage of the Red Ensign as a national flag was when General Louis Botha flew the flag over Windhoek in what was then German South West Africa after the town's occupation by South African troops in 1915.

Samjiyon County

Samjiyŏn is catered by the KPAF (Korean People's Air Force) along with the national flag carrier Air Koryo which operates scheduled flights and charter services.

Somerset Patriots

The "Patriots" name refers to the Middlebrook encampment where the first official flag of the United States was unfurled, after a law to adopt a national flag had been passed by Congress on June 14, 1777.

Tourism in Mongolia

MIAT Mongolian Airlines is the national flag air carrier and serves only international destinations such as Moscow, Berlin, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka (operated during summer time) and chartered flights.

Valdemar II of Denmark

The red banner with a white cross (Dannebrog) has been the national flag of the Danes since 1219.