The British flag was adopted on Jan. 1, 1801. Nigeria The Nigerian flag comprises three equal-sized vertical stripes. While the green color represents the nation's lush vegetation and its ...

Flags signaled other units in battle, but were also a tangible manifestation of the beliefs and spirit of a group of people. As such, flags were protected to the point of injury or death. Men in ...

and the flag for Tristan da Cunha, part of a British Overseas Territory also including Saint Helena and the Ascension Island. "It would be a bit like a Frenchman saying the Irish flag was an abuse ...

Four civilians chose to leave with the mutinous garrison in the schooner but the majority of Vernet’s two dozen settlers, mostly gauchos, remained under the British flag. Onslow made no ...

After the death of his wife, local newspaper writer Tony (Ricky Gervais) gets stuck on the second stage of grief: anger. With nothing left to live for, he decides to fill the lives of everyone ...

A false flag is a political or military action carried out with the intention of blaming an opponent for it. Nations have often done this by staging a real or simulated attack on their own side ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

25.9 x 35.5 cm. 26.5 x 21 cm. 35.6 x 23.1 cm. 25.8 x 19.7 cm. 36.6 x 21.6 cm. 21.2 x 35.5 cm. 33.5 x 22.7 cm.

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