Only one flag out of the 195 countries in the world isn’t rectangular – and ... The single and double pennon both have a ‘long’ history in South Asia, Sanjog Rupakheti, a professor of ...

The revolutionary flag was created by cutting the despised communist coat arms arms from the national flag. The media coverage of the event showed the revolution spreading across the country.

But that seminal event in vexillological history was not without a lot ... from Apollo moon landings to firefighters raising the flag over the ruins of the World Trade Center on 9/11 in 2001.