United Kingdom Though officially called the Union Flag, the flag of the U.K. is ... the African National Congress, the red, white and blue are reminiscent of the flags of the European colonists ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress issued a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the nation's flag. Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See ...

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which is now used in Belarus along with the white-red-white flag. The Polish eagle wears a crown: it symbolises the sovereignty and unity of the state. After Poland regained independence in 1918, the ...