National flags represent a lot more than national pride and identity. They have been fought for, representing freedom and the ...

Do you think you know the flags of the world? Give the ultimate World Cup flag quiz a go and see how good you really are.

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 ...

When did the Polish flag appear? What colour is it actually? What is the proper way to display it? What should you do with it when a storm is coming? And who wrote poems about it? Worthy of its very ...

DE BOECK, FILIP 1994. of trees and kings: politics and metaphor among the Aluund of Southwestern Zaire. American Ethnologist, Vol. 21, Issue. 3, p. 451.

History In the early days of the French Revolution, the three colours were initially brought together in the form of a cockade. In July 1789, just before the taking of the Bastille, Paris was in a ...

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 ...

Just a flag - or a symbol of imperial terror? Fans cheering in a stadium and waving a flag is a staple sight at any international sports event. But what if a flag is so offensive to some countries ...

This particular antelope, endemic only to Angola, in southwest Africa, is critically endangered, with a population of just a few hundred. While its situation is still precarious, the giant sable ...