query: when was the chinese flag designed?

title: Chinese Taipei Olympic flag

text: Chinese Taipei Olympic flag The Chinese Taipei Olympic flag is used by the Republic of China (ROC) team—which competes under the title "Chinese Taipei," during the Olympic Games and another events instead of the flag of the Republic of China. This is a result of the complex Cross-Strait relations between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. The Olympic flag has been in use since 1980, following the decision by the International Olympic Committee that the ROC could not compete under the country's name or flag. Due to this restriction, the National Anthem of the Republic of

title: Chinese Taipei Olympic flag

text: objections, Taiwan officially accepted the compromise in 1981, and the island competed in its first Olympics in 1984, at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia. For other Olympic-affiliated and international sporting events, Taiwan uses variations on the Olympic flag: Chinese Taipei Olympic flag The Chinese Taipei Olympic flag is used by the Republic of China (ROC) team—which competes under the title "Chinese Taipei," during the Olympic Games and another events instead of the flag of the Republic of China. This is a result of the complex Cross-Strait relations between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: Taiwan on iDevices when the device's country code or language settings used China or Chinese. However, a bug in the flag-censorship code in the IOS system could cause devices to crash, according to security researcher Patrick Wardle. It has been reported that Taiwanese spectators have cheered for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team with the former flag of Myanmar at many international sport games, including the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, where public display of the flag of the Republic of China was barred by the PRC. Flag of the Republic of China The flag of the

title: Chinese Taipei Olympic flag

text: its name to the "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee" and adopt a new flag and anthem if it wanted to participate in the Olympic Games. The ROC strongly disagreed with the decision and sued the IOC in Switzerland. The ROC claimed that the conditions concerning its name, flag, and anthem violated articles 6, 64, and 66 of the Olympic Charter. However, despite appealing an initial court judgment, the ROC was not successful. On January 15, 1980, a Swiss court rejected the ROC effort to remain in the Olympic movement under the name of "Republic of China." After a series of forceful

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: of the Republic of China". Before martial law was lifted in 1987 in Taiwan, it was required that all vehicles be halted when passing by a flag ceremony. The ROC flag is not commonly seen at international gatherings in which the PRC participates due to pressure from the PRC over the political status of Taiwan and resulting minimal political influence of the ROC in such circles. Instead, the ROC is usually represented under a pseudonym (usually "Chinese Taipei") and in the case of Olympics, it flies its own flag, the Chinese Taipei flag. This is because the IOC recognises the

title: Flag of the Qing dynasty

text: based on the custom flag he designed. These proposals were not recognized by the Qing dynasty government. The Beiyang Fleet was created in 1874, and several rank flags were introduced based on the traditional five color officials' flags of the old Chinese navy. The Beiyang Fleet became the national navy by "Regulations of the Beiyang Fleet" in 1888. However rank flags were not updated until 1890, when William Metcalfe Lang and Liu Buchan disputed about their rank flags in an incident. Therefore, the British Royal Navy advisers proposed five new rank flags to replace the simple two rank flags system.

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: in the Chinese Civil War. The first national flag of Taiwan was first used in 1663 during the Kingdom of Tungning which had a plain white flag with the character "鄭" ("zhèng") on the red bordered circle. The flag of the Qing dynasty was also used from 1683 until 1895 when the Republic of Formosa was declared. The Formosan flag had a tiger on a plain blue filed with azure clouds below it. During Japanese rule of Taiwan, the flag of Japan was flown in the island from 1895 to 1945. At the same time, when the government of the

title: Flag of Hong Kong (1959–1997)

text: 2010s as a symbol of protest against Chinese intervention in Hong Kong. Before the Second World War, Hong Kong had no official flag and used a series of blue ensigns with different flag badges. Following the war, the Governor of Hong Kong Robert Black decided to gain an official grant of arms to use on Hong Kong's flag. Designed in 1958 by Geoffrey Cadzow Hamilton, managing officer of the civil service, the flag was approved by the Executive Council of Hong Kong, and then by the College of Arms with minor amendments. The arms on the flag were designed with

title: Flag of Weihaiwei

text: Republic of China, it was the British flag that was lowered at the handover ceremony and not the flag of Weihaiwei. The flag was designed as a British blue ensign defaced with a badge of two Mandarin ducks. The ducks consist of a male in the foreground and a female in the background drinking from a stream while standing on a reed-covered bank. Mandarin ducks were chosen to replace the Chinese imperial dragon on the flag, in keeping with the British colonial tradition of selecting animals on colonial flags that reflected the ubiquity of the local wildlife within the respective

title: Flag of the United States

text: ginseng" () in Chinese, and Citibank, which opened a branch in China in 1902, is known as "Flower Flag Bank" (). The U.S. flag took its first trip around the world in 1787–90 on board the "Columbia". William Driver, who coined the phrase "Old Glory", took the U.S. flag around the world in 1831–32. The flag attracted the notice of Japanese when an oversized version was carried to Yokohama by the steamer "Great Republic" as part of a round-the-world journey in 1871. In the following table depicting the 28 various designs of the United States flag, the star patterns for

title: Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summer Olympics

text: Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summer Olympics The Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The change in name was due to the political status of Taiwan. In addition, they flew a flag especially designed for the games separate from the flag of the Republic of China. In Mainland China, the team is known as the "Zhongguo Taibei (Taipei, China, where China implies the People's Republic of China) Team" (中国台北队), and in Taiwan the team is known as the "Zhonghua (another variation of the term China, but obtained here as an abbreviation

title: Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Olympics

text: Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Olympics The Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The change in name was due to the political status of Taiwan. In addition, they flew a flag especially designed for the games separate from the flag of the Republic of China. In Mainland China, the team is known as the "Zhongguo Taibei (Taipei, China, where China implies the People's Republic of China) Team" (中国台北队), and in Taiwan the team is known as the "Zhonghua (another variation of the term China, but obtained here as an

text: Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Men's Doubles Competition Women's Singles Competition Men's Light-Heavyweight Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Olympics The Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The change in name was due to the political status of Taiwan. In addition, they flew a flag especially designed for the games separate from the flag of the Republic of China. In Mainland China, the team is known as the "Zhongguo Taibei (Taipei, China, where China implies the People's Republic of China) Team" (中国台北队), and in Taiwan the team is

title: Chinese Taipei at the 1992 Summer Olympics

text: Chinese Taipei at the 1992 Summer Olympics The Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 31 competitors, 23 men and 8 women, took part in 15 events in 7 sports. The change in name was due to the political status of Taiwan. In addition, they flew a flag especially designed for the games separate from the flag of the Republic of China. In Mainland China, the team is known as the "Zhongguo Taibei (Taipei, China, where China implies the People's Republic of China) Team" (中華台北隊), and in Taiwan the team is known

title: Chinese Taipei at the 1988 Summer Olympics

text: Chinese Taipei at the 1988 Summer Olympics The Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 61 competitors, 43 men and 18 women, took part in 84 events in 13 sports. The change in name was due to the political status of Taiwan. In addition, they flew a flag especially designed for the games separate from the flag of the Republic of China. In mainland China, the team name is translated as "Zhongguo Taibei Team" (中国台北队) (lit. "Taipei, China Team") for political reasons. In Taiwan, the team is known as "Zhonghua Taipei Team"

title: Flag of North Korea

text: the "Taegukgi" flag should be kept for newly founded North Korea. Vice Chairman of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea Kim Tu-bong was in favor of keeping the "Taegukgi". However, for Lebedev, the concept of Chinese philosophy, which the design of the "Taegukgi" based on, sounded like medieval superstition, so he wanted to change to a new flag. Kim yielded and a few months later the design for the new flag was dictated from Moscow, although it is not known who the Soviet official was that designed the flag. Before its formal adoption, the "Taegukgi" remained in official use.

title: Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

text: People's Republic of China. As in previous editions of the Summer Paralympics, the flag of the Republic of China was not displayed. Instead, the Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag was used when Taiwanese athletes won medals. When Lin Tzu-hui of Chinese Taipei won a gold medal, the National Banner Song, not the National Anthem of the Republic of China, was played at the medal ceremony. Three days before the beginning of the Games, the "Taipei Times" reported that two of Chinese Taipei's star athletes, double Paralympic champion Chiang Chih-chung and world athletics champion Chen Ming-tsai, had been barred from attending by

title: Flag of the Qing dynasty

text: However these proposals were not adopted by the Qing dynasty. New rank flags were introduced later in 1890. After the total defeat of the Beiyang Navy in First Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the new imperial navy was reorganized following the establishment of the department of navy in 1909. Imperial Chinese Navy adopted the national flag in the canton of naval flags in 1909. Flag of Chinese Eastern Railway adopted a combination of Qing dynasty and Russian flags. The flag was not updated until 1915. Flag of the Qing dynasty The flag of the Qing dynasty was an emblem adopted in

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: mainland China. In addition, the flag is derived from the seal of the KMT, and the color of the field of the flag is associated with the KMT party colors. Some Chinese see the flag as an expression of Chinese nationalism and pride combined with simultaneous disapproval for the current communist regime. Additionally, the flag may symbolize identification with, and admiration for the political thoughts of Sun Yat-sen, and his Three Principles of the People. One irony is that given the association of the flag with Chinese nationalism in opposition to Taiwan independence, the ROC flag has found an unexpected

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: prominence as the KMT party flag. A common wall display consisted of the KMT flag perched on the left and the ROC flag perched on the right, each tilted at an angle with a portrait of Father of the Nation Sun Yat-sen displayed in the center. For the summits held between the KMT and Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War, the ROC flag was displayed at an equal position to the flag of the Chinese Soviet Republic (Jiangxi Soviet). Later, the flag law specified a horizontal display of the flag with the portrait of Sun Yat-sen in a portion

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: flag has developed a great deal of additional symbolism due to the unique and controversial political status of Taiwan. At one level, the flag represents a clear symbol that Taiwan is not governed by the same government as Mainland China, as this flag is different from the flag of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Meanwhile, because it was formerly used as the flag over all of China, the flag has become a symbol of continuity with the ideals of the Chinese nationalism and Chinese reunification movements, and has become a symbol of a connection both historical and current with

title: Flag of the United States

text: author and U.S. naval officer George H. Preble: In the above quote, the Chinese words are written phonetically based on spoken Cantonese. The names given were common usage in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Vietnam has borrowed the term for the United States, as or ("Flower Flag") in Vietnamese language. Chinese now refer to the United States as . "Měi" is short for "Měilìjiān" (, phono-semantic matching of "American") and "guó" means "country", so this name is unrelated to the flag. However, the "flower flag" terminology persists in some places today: for example, American Ginseng is called "flower flag

title: Flag of the Qing dynasty

text: Wuhan on the Yangtze River. In response to the British navy's claim of being unable to distinguish between Chinese governmental or navy ships and civilian vessels, Yixin (Prince Gong) urged Zeng Guofan to create a governmental flag for the Qing, and suggested use of a yellow dragon flag, which was also used as one of the Eight Banners of the Manchu as well as in the Chinese army. After due consideration, Zeng Guofan concluded that a square flag bore too close a resemblance to the Plain Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners with the potential to be viewed as an

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: by students from North Rockhampton State High School. The bull, placed in front of Customs House, was designed to symbolise the city's multicultural community but the two flags were later censored by being painted over. Rockhampton Regional Council admitted they had done so in line with the Australian Government's One China policy. However, there was speculation in the media that it was done to avoid offending Chinese delegates who were visiting Beef Australia with China being an important beef export destination. "Taiwan News" described it as Australia "kowtowing" to China. Apple reportedly restricts sending an emoji representing the flag of

title: Flag desecration

text: into Hong Kong law as the National Flag and National Emblem Ordinance in 1997 as required by Annex III of the territory's constitution. The Regional Flag and Regional Emblem Ordinance is the equivalent statute in respect of the Hong Kong flag. Both ordinances ban desecration of the Chinese flag and Hong Kong flag, respectively, through methods including "burning, mutilating, scrawling on, defiling or trampling". In 1999, two individuals were convicted for desecration of the Regional Flag of Hong Kong and the Chinese flag. They were found guilty by a magistrate, had the conviction overturned in the High Court but the

title: Black Flag Army

text: resulting clashes between the French and the Black Flag Army (the latter abetted by the regular Vietnamese and Chinese forces) escalated, resulting eventually in the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). The Black Flags assisted the Chinese forces during this war, best known for the fierce Siege of Tuyên Quang when the joint Black Flags-Chinese armies holed up a battalion of the French Foreign Legion defending the citadel. The Black Flag Army formally disbanded at the end of the Sino-French War, though many of its members continued to harass the French for years afterwards as freelance bandits. Remarkably, Liu Yongfu revived

title: National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China

text: Taipei." However, in the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China, the song was introduced as the "Anthem of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee" (中華臺北奧會會歌), with new lyrics written by Zhang Bide (張彼德). In schools and national monuments in Taiwan, the National Anthem and the National Flag Anthem are played every morning before classes or opening at an outdoor ceremony. The national anthem is sung while the flag is being held before raising and the National Flag Anthem is played when the National Flag is raised. According to Liu Yiling from National Library of the Republic of China, there is

title: Flag of Singapore

text: to an account given by Lee Kuan Yew, the Chinese population wanted five stars, which were modeled off the flag of the People's Republic of China and the Muslim population wanted a crescent moon. Both of these symbols were combined to create the national flag of Singapore. On 30 November 1959, the Singapore State Arms and Flag and National Anthem Ordinance 1959 was passed to regulate the use and display of the State Arms and State Flag and the performance of the National Anthem. When presenting the motion to the Legislative Assembly of Singapore on 11 November 1959, Sinnathamby Rajaratnam,

title: Flag of Tibet

text: presence of the two snow lions. The flag was adopted as a symbol of the Tibetan independence movement, and has become known as the "Free Tibet flag". Through the diaspora's and international protesters' use of the flag, it became known and used in protest by the Tibetan public. The flag is banned in mainland China. Tibetan Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay was photographed with the flag of Tibet in Ladakh, India and the Communist Chinese government made a statement. "Chinese media is criticizing a reported move by the Tibetan government in exile to unfurl a flag representing its idea of 'Tibetan

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: Flag of the Republic of China The flag of the Republic of China is the national flag of Taiwan, consisting of a red field with a blue canton bearing a white disc with twelve triangles surrounding it. The disc and triangles symbolize the sun and rays of light emanating from it respectively. In Chinese, the flag is commonly described as Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth to reflect its design attributes. The flag was first used in mainland China as the Navy flag in 1912, and was made the official national flag of the Republic of China

title: Flag of China

text: territory of China which is shaped like a Begonia leaf. It is sometimes stated that the five stars of the flag represent the five largest ethnic groups: Han Chinese, Zhuangs, Hui Chinese, Manchus and Uyghurs. This is generally regarded as an erroneous conflation with the "Five Races Under One Union" flag, used 1912–28 by the Beiyang Government of Republic of China, whose different-colored stripes represented the Han Chinese, Hui Chinese, Manchus, Mongols and Tibetans. The construction sheet for the national flag was published on 28 September 1949 by an order from the Presidium of the First Plenary Session of the

title: Chinese Taipei

text: of the ROC would be recognized as the "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee", and its athletes would compete under the name "Chinese Taipei". The National Olympic Committee of the ROC boycotted the Summer and Winter Games in protest of not being allowed to use the Republic of China's official flag and national anthem. The name "Chinese Taipei" was formally accepted by the Government of the Republic of China in 1981. A flag bearing the emblem of its Olympic Committee against a white background as the "Chinese Taipei Olympic flag" was confirmed in January 1981. The agreement was signed March 23 in

text: the song (officially with different lyrics) was used at Olympic competitions instead of the National Anthem due to pressure from the Chinese Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee. This also changed the symbols used by Taiwan during the Olympics and another sporting and another events and their name officially changed to "Chinese Taipei." During the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2017 Taipei Universiade, Chinese Taipei won its first gold medals, and the Banner Song was played at the ceremonial raising of the flag of the gold medal team. When introduced, the song is officially called the "National Anthem of Chinese

title: Flag of the Qing dynasty

text: wealth, good luck, and prosperity. The design of the flag was largely based on the Plain Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners. The Eight Banners were administrative/military divisions under the Qing dynasty into which all Manchu households were placed. In war, the Eight Banners functioned as armies, but the banner system was also the basic organizational framework of all of Manchu society. The Arrow Incident of 1856 occurred as a result of Chinese civilian vessels flying foreign flags as the Qing dynasty had no official flag at the time. In 1862, sailors from the Chinese and British navies clashed at

title: Plough flag

text: Plough flag The Plough flag () is a red banner with a white or yellow plough positioned in the center of it, widely used in the period of the Northern Expedition as the flag of the Chinese Peasants' Association. The plough symbolizes the peasants' leadership in rural areas, and the red color stands for the victory of the communist revolution. When it is depicted in works of art, it is generally shown in conjunction with Mao Zedong and/or armed peasants. An example of this can be found in an illustrated pamphlet titled "'This is fine' - In memory of the

title: Flag of the Republic of China

text: Republic of China was established on January 1, 1912, the "Five-Colored Flag" was selected by the provisional Senate as the national flag. The was adopted by the army and the modern flag was adopted as a naval ensign. Sun Yat-sen, however, did not consider the five-colored flag appropriate, reasoning that horizontal order implied a hierarchy or class like that which existed during dynastic times. Following the transfer of Taiwan from Japan to China in 1945, the flag was specified in Article Six of the 1947 Constitution. After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the government of Chiang Kai-shek relocated the

title: Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Winter Olympics

text: Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Winter Olympics Chinese Taipei sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. Although the nation is known as Taiwan or the Republic of China, the International Olympic Committee mandates that the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee flag and name is used, and not the flag of Taiwan, as per the Nagoya Resolution. This was Chinese Taipei's seventh time participating in the Winter Olympic Games. The Chinese Taipei delegation consisted of a single athlete, luger Ma Chih-hung. He finished 28th in the men's singles. Following the Chinese Civil

text: overall. Ma would go on to represent Chinese Taipei again at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Winter Olympics Chinese Taipei sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. Although the nation is known as Taiwan or the Republic of China, the International Olympic Committee mandates that the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee flag and name is used, and not the flag of Taiwan, as per the Nagoya Resolution. This was Chinese Taipei's seventh time participating in the Winter Olympic Games. The Chinese Taipei delegation consisted of a single

title: Chinese Taipei at the 2010 Winter Olympics

text: Chinese Taipei at the 2010 Winter Olympics Chinese Taipei () sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. Although the nation is known as Taiwan or the Republic of China, the International Olympic Committee mandates that the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee flag and name is used, and not the flag of Taiwan, as per the Nagoya Resolution, which Chinese Taipei accepted in 1981. This was Chinese Taipei's eighth time participating in the Winter Olympic Games. The Chinese Taipei delegation consisted of a single athlete, luger Ma Chih-hung. He finished

title: Flag of the United States

text: and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, designed the 1777 flag while he was the Chairman of the Continental Navy Board's Middle Department, sometime between his appointment to that position in November 1776 and the time that the flag resolution was adopted in June 1777. The Navy Board was under the Continental Marine Committee. Not only did Hopkinson claim that he designed the U.S. flag, but he also claimed that he designed a flag for the U.S. Navy. Hopkinson was the only person to have made such a claim during his own lifetime, when he sent a letter and

title: Flag of the Vice President of the United States

text: a U.S. Navy ship while the Vice President is aboard, and the Navy also prescribes several other flag sizes to use in various situations when the Vice President is present. Similarly, the Army prescribes use of the color (with fringe) or flag (without fringe) in different situations when the Vice President is present. The first official flag for the Vice President came in 1936, long after flags were designed for most other high government officials, though on two earlier occasions (1915 and 1919) a specially-designed, unofficial flag was used for the Vice President when he was representing the President at

title: Troutman flag

text: The original flag was lost/destroyed at battle. Troutman flag The Troutman Flag was designed by Joanna Troutman. Joanna designed the flag when she was 18 years old and living in Georgia. The flag was white silk, with a five pointed blue star on it, with the words "Liberty or Death" beneath the star. Some sources say the words read "Texas and Liberty", although the majority seem to favor "Liberty or Death". Joanna sent the flag with a Georgian Battalion who was headed to help the Texans in their fight for independence from Mexico. The flag was unfurled over the American

title: Troutman flag

text: Troutman flag The Troutman Flag was designed by Joanna Troutman. Joanna designed the flag when she was 18 years old and living in Georgia. The flag was white silk, with a five pointed blue star on it, with the words "Liberty or Death" beneath the star. Some sources say the words read "Texas and Liberty", although the majority seem to favor "Liberty or Death". Joanna sent the flag with a Georgian Battalion who was headed to help the Texans in their fight for independence from Mexico. The flag was unfurled over the American Hotel on January 8, 1836 in Velasco.

title: Flag of the Nordic Council

text: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The flag was designed by Kyösti Varis, an artist from Finland. The full members of the Nordic council all use a Nordic Cross Flag. The Nordic Cross was also use in the Flag of the Kalmar Union. The Kalmar Union was the only time when all Nordic countries were under a single state - hence it has traditionally been a sign of unity before the Nordic Council adopted the swan flag. Flag of the Nordic Council The Flag of the Nordic Council is blue (PMS 300 U), with a

title: Chinese Taipei Olympic flag

text: China also could not be played when the team wins medals, so, instead, the National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China was played during the flag raising of the medal ceremony. The flag shows the Blue Sky with a White Sun (the emblem of the Republic of China and the Kuomintang) and the Olympic rings, encircled by a five-petaled Prunus mei (the ROC's national flower) drawn in red, white, and blue (the colors of the ROC flag). The IOC adopted the Nagoya Resolution in November 1979 which called for the "Republic of China Olympic Committee" would have to change

title: Flag of Australia

text: 1831 Federation Flag, also designed by Nicholson. This flag was the same at the National Colonial Flag, except that the cross was blue instead of resembling that of St. George. Although the flag was designed by Nicholson in 1831, it did not become widely popular until the latter part of the century, when calls for federation began to grow louder. These flags, and many others such as the Eureka Flag (which came into use at the Eureka Stockade in 1854), featured stars representing the Southern Cross. The oldest known flag to show the stars arranged as they are seen in

title: Flag of the Colony of Aden

text: sailing on turquoise waters, designed by George Kruger-Gray of the Royal Mint. Flag of the Colony of Aden The Flag of the Colony of Aden was used as the official flag for the British Colony of Aden from 1937 until 18 January 1963 when it was renamed the State of Aden and subsequently used the Flag of the State of Aden under the Federation of South Arabia. However, there is evidence that the flag was used after 1963 in Perim and the Kuria Muria islands. A navy blue flag with the Union jack in the top left corner, it featured

title: Flag of Nigeria

text: Flag of Nigeria The flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on 1 October 1960. The flag has three vertical bands of green, white, green. The two green stripes represent Nigeria’s natural wealth, while the white band represents peace. The flag is an adaptation of the winning entry from Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi in a competition held in 1959. Akinkunmi was a 23-year-old student at the time he designed the flag. He was studying at Norwich Technical College in London, England, when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper that submissions were being accepted for the design

title: White flag

text: March 1865, when concerns about it being mistaken for a flag of truce when the flag was not completely flying necessitated the addition of a broad red band on the fly edge. The Christian Flag, designed in the early 20th century to represent all of Christianity and Christendom, has a white field, with a red Latin cross inside a blue canton. In conventional vexillology, a white flag is linked to surrender, a reference to the Biblical description of Jesus' non-violence and surrender to God's will. In FIA sanctioned races, a white flag warns of a slow car ahead. In non-FIA

title: Flag of the Navajo Nation

text: Flag of the Navajo Nation The flag of the Navajo Nation is the official flag of the Navajo Nation, a Native American Governed Nation in the Four Corners states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. On May 21, 1968, the flag was adopted for the Navajo Nation, an Indian reservation in the Southwestern United States. This flag was designed by Jay R. Degroat, a student from Mariano Lake, New Mexico and was initially selected from 140 entries for the Navajo Flag Competition. It incorporates elements of the tribal seal designed by John Claw, Jr. adopted earlier, on 18 January 1952.

title: Flag of the Navajo Nation

title: Flag of Missouri

text: flag was designed and stitched in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, by Marie Elizabeth Watkins Oliver, the wife of former State Senator R.B. Oliver. She began her flag project in 1908 as part of her volunteer activities with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) when she was appointed chairperson of the DAR committee to research and design Missouri's flag. Oliver researched state flags extensively. She wrote each state's secretary of state for information about how their state's flags had been designed and officially adopted. Her original design incorporated Missouri's coat of arms and was rendered as a painted paper flag by

title: Flag of the Qing dynasty

text: the Republic of China and on the flag of the Empire of China, although in 1912 the former was challenged by Sun Yat-sen, who thought it inappropriate to use the traditional imperial color to represent Manchu ethnicity. Also, mustard yellow was used in the flag of Manchukuo in deference to the Qing dynasty, on whose flag it was based. The blue dragon was featured in the Twelve Symbols national emblem, which was the state emblem of China from 1913 to 1928. When the Qing dynasty purchased battleships from the United Kingdom in 1862, Horatio Nelson Lay designed several naval flags

title: Flag of Easton, Pennsylvania

text: 1821 to the Easton library for safe-keeping when the company returned. The Easton Area Public Library still holds the flag. Flag of Easton, Pennsylvania The Easton flag is a banner used to represent Easton, Pennsylvania. The flag is designed differently from more common flags of the United States in that it has 13 (8-pointed) stars in a blue field, with 13 stripes in the canton. According to local legend, the flag was hoisted when the Declaration of Independence was publicly read in Easton, 8 July 1776. The flag was used as a company flag under Captain Abraham Horn in the

title: Flag of Manitoba

text: Manitoban flag, intentionally designed to resemble the Canadian red ensign, was seen as a way of preserving heritage that some felt was lost when the national flag was changed. The flag of Ontario was adopted under similar circumstances. In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) placed the Manitoba provincial flag 44th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U.S. state, and U.S. territory flags ranked, which was the last placed Canadian flag. Flag of Manitoba The flag of Manitoba is a variation of the Red Ensign which bears the shield of the provincial

title: The Yellow Flag

text: The Yellow Flag The Yellow Flag (German: Die gelbe Flagge) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Albers, Olga Tschechowa and Dorothea Wieck. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Location filming took place in Yugoslavia. An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has contracted a serious fever. He does not accompany the trip, which rans into major problems. Later he is able to go to the rescue of the survivors including the

title: The Yellow Flag

text: American journalist Helen Roeder who he is in love with. The Yellow Flag The Yellow Flag (German: Die gelbe Flagge) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hans Albers, Olga Tschechowa and Dorothea Wieck. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. Location filming took place in Yugoslavia. An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has contracted a serious fever. He does not accompany the trip, which rans into major problems. Later he is able

title: Flag of Hawkins County, Tennessee

text: county became a part of Tennessee in 1796, when the state was established. The flag was designed in 1999 by Dillon Barker, a fifteen-year-old student at Cherokee High School. Barker petitioned the county commissioners on his own and persuaded them to adopt the flag. Barker purposely based the flag on the Tennessee flag and designed the flag to represent the towns of the county as they would appear on a map. The resolution approving the flag's design was adopted unanimously, but no action was taken on procuring or raising it. In June 2008, a member of the Board of County

title: Flag of Wisconsin

text: other blue U.S. state flags, Wisconsin's flag was modified in 1979 to add "Wisconsin" and "1848", the year Wisconsin was admitted to the Union. All Wisconsin state flags manufactured after May 1, 1981, were required to use this design. Flag of Wisconsin The flag of the state of Wisconsin is a blue flag charged with the state coat of arms. Originally designed in 1866 when regiments from Wisconsin wanted a flag for battlefield use, in 1913, state statutes specified the design of the state flag. In 1941, Carl R. Eklund reported that he raised the state flag over Antarctica, at

title: Ainu flag

text: Ainu flag The Ainu flag is the flag chosen by the Ainu people to represent the Ainu nation in Northern Japan. The flag was designed by in 1973 when the Ainu began reclaiming their identity as a cultural group in the 1960s and 1970s. Eventually in 1997, the Japanese government officially recognized the Ainu as an indigenous and minority people and gave them rights to their language and culture. The flag's ratio is most likely 2:3. The flag consists of the cerulean blue field standing for sky and sea, the white figure standing for snow, and the red arrow flying

title: Dolphin Flag

text: Dolphin Flag The Dolphin Flag of Anguilla was adopted on September 29, 1967, after the colony (then part of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) unilaterally declared independence from Great Britain as the Republic of Anguilla. It depicted three orange dolphins in a circle on a white background with a turquoise stripe at the bottom. It was used until March 19, 1969, when British rule was restored. The white background on the flag represents peace. The turquoise stripe represents the Caribbean Sea. The three dolphins represent endurance, unity, and strength, and their circular arrangement represents community. The flag was designed by Arline and Marvin

title: Flag of the Andes

text: of Mendoza Province as their official flag. Flag of the Andes The flag of the Andes was a flag used by Argentine patriot José de San Martín and his Army of the Andes during their famous Crossing of the Andes and their subsequent military campaigns to Chile and Peru. The flag of the Andes was personally designed by San Martín and sewn by ladies from the Cuyo region and wives of San Martín's officers. It includes a proto-coat of arms of Argentina placed horizontally over a sky-blue and white bicolor background. The same design used in the flag of the

title: White flag

text: Revolution, in 1794, the blue, white and red Tricolore was adopted as the official national flag. The white flag quickly became a symbol of French royalists. (The white part of the French Tricolor is itself originally derived from the old Royal flag, the tricolor having been designed when the revolution still aimed at constitutional monarchy rather than a republic; this aspect of the Tricolor was, however, soon forgotten.) During the Bourbon Restoration, the white flag replaced the Tricolore, by then seen as a symbol of regicide. It was finally abandoned in 1830, with the July Revolution, with the definitive use

title: Dolphin Flag

text: Oberman. It replaced the earlier "Mermaid Flag" of Anguilla, designed by Scott Newhall, which had been in use since July 23, 1967. Although no longer official, the Dolphin Flag is still flown today. Dolphin Flag The Dolphin Flag of Anguilla was adopted on September 29, 1967, after the colony (then part of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla) unilaterally declared independence from Great Britain as the Republic of Anguilla. It depicted three orange dolphins in a circle on a white background with a turquoise stripe at the bottom. It was used until March 19, 1969, when British rule was restored. The white background on

title: Flag of Vanuatu

text: Flag of Vanuatu The flag of Vanuatu was adopted on 18 February 1980. In 1977 a flag of almost the same colours and symbolism as the future national flag was designed by local artist Kalontas Malon and adopted by the Vanua'aku Pati. When the party led the New Hebrides to independence as Vanuatu in 1980, the colours of the party flag (red, green, black and yellow) were chosen to be the basis for the national flag on Independence Day, July 30, 1980. A parliamentary committee chose the final design based on submissions from local artists. The green represents the richness

title: Flag of Uruguay

text: Flag of Uruguay The national flag of Uruguay () is one of the three official flags of Uruguay alongside with the Flag of Artigas and the Flag of the Treinta y Tres. It has a field of nine equal horizontal stripes alternating white and blue. The canton is white, charged with the Sun of May, from which 16 rays extend, alternating between triangular and wavy. The flag was first adopted by law on December 16, 1828, and had 19 stripes until July 11, 1830, when a new law reduced the number of stripes to nine. The flag was designed by

title: Ainu flag

text: beneath Hokkaido's sky. The arrow is red because of the aconite poison used in traditional hunting, a way of life that was banned by the Japanese. Ainu flag The Ainu flag is the flag chosen by the Ainu people to represent the Ainu nation in Northern Japan. The flag was designed by in 1973 when the Ainu began reclaiming their identity as a cultural group in the 1960s and 1970s. Eventually in 1997, the Japanese government officially recognized the Ainu as an indigenous and minority people and gave them rights to their language and culture. The flag's ratio is most

title: Flag of Arkansas

text: Pine Bluff Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Around 1912, the Pine Bluff Chapter of the DAR wished to present a state flag for the commissioning of the battleship USS "Arkansas". When it was discovered that Arkansas did not have a state flag, the DAR chapter decided to sponsor a contest to design a flag. Hocker, a member of the Pine Bluff DAR chapter, won with a design that is similar to the current flag. She designed the flag with three blue stars in the middle of the white diamond and omitted "ARKANSAS". At the request of the flag committee,

title: Doug flag

text: Doug flag The Doug flag, also referred to as the Cascadian flag or the Cascadia Doug flag and nicknamed "Old Doug" or simply "the Doug", is one of the primary symbols and an unofficial flag of the Cascadia bioregion, which roughly encompasses the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, the Canadian province of British Columbia, and other parts of North America's Pacific Northwest. It was designed by Portland, Oregon native Alexander Baretich in the academic year of 1994-1995. It is named after the Douglas fir, featured on the flag. The Doug flag was designed by Portland, Oregon native Alexander Baretich

title: Flag of Hawaii

text: and he subsequently lowered the Union Flag over his home at Kamakahonu. While disputed as historically accurate, one account stated that in order to placate U.S. interests during the War of 1812, a flag of the U.S. was raised over Kamehameha's home, only to be removed when British officers in the court of Kamehameha vehemently objected to it. This explains why the resulting flag of Hawaii was a deliberate hybrid of the two nations' flags. In 1816, Kamehameha commissioned his own flag to avoid this conflict, which has evolved into the current flag. It was probably designed by one of

title: Flag of the Comoros

text: the flag to face the fly and adding a white inscription to the lower hoist and another to the upper fly. The inscriptions are written in simplified Arabic with the former reading "Muhammed" and the latter reading "Allah". The proportions of this flag were reported to be 21:15. This flag was changed by referendum in 2001 to the modern one. Flag of the Comoros The national flag of the Union of the Comoros (officially , Comorian: "Udzima wa Komori", , ') was designed in 2001 and officially adopted on January 7, 2002. It continues to display the crescent and four

title: Flag of the Andes

text: Flag of the Andes The flag of the Andes was a flag used by Argentine patriot José de San Martín and his Army of the Andes during their famous Crossing of the Andes and their subsequent military campaigns to Chile and Peru. The flag of the Andes was personally designed by San Martín and sewn by ladies from the Cuyo region and wives of San Martín's officers. It includes a proto-coat of arms of Argentina placed horizontally over a sky-blue and white bicolor background. The same design used in the flag of the Andes is used by the provincial government

title: Flag of North Vietnam

text: Flag of North Vietnam The Flag of North Vietnam, also known as "red flag with yellow star", was adopted as the national flag of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) on November 30, 1955. It became the national flag of Vietnam following reunification with South Vietnam on July 2, 1976. The flag was designed by Nguyễn Hữu Tiến , a communist revolutionary of the 1940 Cochinchina Uprising ("Nam Kỳ Khởi nghĩa") against French colonialism, when the flag was seen on the first time. The uprising failed, and Tiến was arrested and executed along with other leaders of the uprising.

title: Flag of Easton, Pennsylvania

text: Flag of Easton, Pennsylvania The Easton flag is a banner used to represent Easton, Pennsylvania. The flag is designed differently from more common flags of the United States in that it has 13 (8-pointed) stars in a blue field, with 13 stripes in the canton. According to local legend, the flag was hoisted when the Declaration of Independence was publicly read in Easton, 8 July 1776. The flag was used as a company flag under Captain Abraham Horn in the War of 1812, and some suspect that the design may only date from this era. The flag was returned in

title: Flag of the Arab Revolt

text: flies from the Aqaba Flagpole, currently the sixth tallest freestanding flagpole in the world, located in Aqaba, Jordan. The flag contains the four Pan-Arab colors: black, white, green and red. There are three horizontal stripes: black, green, and white, going down the flag. There is also a red triangle on the hoist side of the flag. Flag of the Arab Revolt The Flag of the Arab Revolt also known as the Flag of Hejaz was a flag used by the Arab nationalists during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The flag was designed by the

title: Flag of the Donetsk Oblast

text: Flag of the Donetsk Oblast The flag of the Donetsk Oblast (, ), often referred to as the flag of Donbass (, ), is the official flag of the Ukrainian region of Donetsk. It was designed by Nina Shcherbak (, ), a Donetsk artist. The flag was officially adopted on August 17, 1999. The flag has proportions of 3:2, and is divided into two areas. In the upper part, there is a rising gold sun with 12 sunbeams in the upper steel blue part of flag (resembling the sky). In the lower black part (resembling the Donets Coal Basin) there

title: Flag of the Hispanic People

text: Flag of the Hispanic People The Flag of the Hispanicity (Spanish: "Bandera de la Hispanidad") is a flag sometimes used to represent the Hispanic people or Hispanic community. The Flag of the Hispanicity displays a white background with three purple crosses and a rising sun. The flag was designed by Ángel Camblor, a captain of the Uruguayan Army. He was the winner of a contest organized by Juana de Ibarbourou in 1932. The flag was first raised in Montevideo, at the Independence Square, on October 12, 1932. The flag is also sometimes occasionally alternately used to represent the entire geographical

title: Flag of the Nordic Council

text: Flag of the Nordic Council The Flag of the Nordic Council is blue (PMS 300 U), with a stylised circular motif of a white swan. The swan symbol was chosen to represent the Nordic Council, and the Nordic Council of Ministers, in 1984. It is also designed to symbolise wider Nordic cooperation. The current version was designed by Kontrapunkt in 2016. Before 2016, the flag was white, with a stylised circular motif of a white swan upon a blue (Pantone Reflex Blue C) disk. The Swan had enough wing feathers standing for the eight members and territories of the Council:

title: Flag of Tibet

text: in green, with a white snow mountain and a sun and moon in the corner." Outside of Tibet, the flag was featured in publications by foreign governments, academic journals, and in politically and culturally significant works up until 1959. Born in 1912, the year of the Water-Mouse, Gyalten Namgyal was the tailor to both the 13th and 14th Dalai Lamas. He said, "When I was fourteen, the Dalai Lama decided he wanted a Tibetan national flag made, and designed it himself. When a prototype was approved and the first flag commissioned, I was the one to execute the work." Its

title: Flag of Springfield, Illinois

text: displayed at city hall and at other municipal buildings and in public places. It is also displayed on specific national holidays or occasions when the flag is generally displayed. It is stipulated that the municipal flag should never take precedence over the United States flag. The flag was designed in a contest conceived by Springfield resident and famed poet Vachel Lindsay. The contest was sponsored by the Springfield Art Association and its winner was S.T. Wallace. The Springfield city council adopted the flag design on October 22, 1917 and it was first displayed on November 8, 1917. Today the flag

title: Flag of the Czech Republic

text: and additional golden-yellow symbols added on it. Another Czech official symbol is the Standard of the President of the Czech Republic. It was first introduced in 1918 for the President of Czechoslovakia. The current version, which was designed by heraldist Jiří Louda, was adopted upon the creation of an independent Czech Republic in 1993. Flag of the Czech Republic The national flag of the Czech Republic () is the same as the flag of former Czechoslovakia. Upon the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic kept the Czechoslovak flag while Slovakia adopted its own flag. The first flag of Czechoslovakia was

title: Flag of Christmas Island

text: Flag of Christmas Island The flag of Christmas Island was unofficially adopted in 1986 after being chosen the winner in a competition for a flag for the territory. It was designed by Tony Couch of Sydney, Australia. The flag was made official on Australia Day, 2002 when the administrator of the territory, Bill Taylor, presented the flag to the Christmas Island Shire. The flag of Christmas Island consists of a green and blue background, split the top left corner to the bottom right. These colours are intended to represent the land and sea respectively. The Southern Cross constellation appears in

title: Flag of Kuala Lumpur

text: Flag of Kuala Lumpur The flag of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was officially adopted on 14 May 1990 to commemorate the "Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur" (DBKL) or Kuala Lumpur City Hall's 100 years as the local authority of Kuala Lumpur. The flag was designed as a variant to "Jalur Gemilang", the Flag of Malaysia, incorporating design elements with its own identity as one of the Federal Territories of the nation. The flag is flown annually on the first day of February, commemorating the day when Kuala Lumpur became a Federal Territory on 1 February 1974. The flag designer was Azmi Ahmad

title: Flag of the Romani people

text: Romani Holocaust survivors were represented at Fort Mont-Valérien by a never-before-seen banner, displaying a plum or violet triangle on white. This was a visual clue to Nazi concentration camp badges, and, according to journalist Jean-Pierre Quélin, was picked and designed by a Manush politician, Dany Peto-Manso, and carried on the field despite deprecatory remarks from members of the National Gendarmerie. Peto-Manso himself referred to flag as "hastily made", without specifying its author. The WRC flag was given more exposure in 1979, when a Romani delegation comprising Hancock and Yul Brynner presented it to the United Nations. A "small organized group

title: Flag of the Arab Revolt

text: Flag of the Arab Revolt The Flag of the Arab Revolt also known as the Flag of Hejaz was a flag used by the Arab nationalists during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The flag was designed by the British diplomat Sir Mark Sykes, in an effort to create a feeling of "Arab-ness" in order to fuel the revolt. Although the Arab Revolt was only very limited in scope and concerted by the British rather than by Arabs themselves, the flag influenced the national flags of a number of emerging Arab states after World War

title: Flag of Wisconsin

text: Flag of Wisconsin The flag of the state of Wisconsin is a blue flag charged with the state coat of arms. Originally designed in 1866 when regiments from Wisconsin wanted a flag for battlefield use, in 1913, state statutes specified the design of the state flag. In 1941, Carl R. Eklund reported that he raised the state flag over Antarctica, at the behest of Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, about 500 miles north of the south pole and 620 miles into a previously unexplored area. In 1958, Eklund flew another flag over Antarctica which he presented for display in a

title: Flag of Quindío Department

text: when it is ready to be picked, coffee being the department's most important product. Flag of Quindío Department The Flag of the Department of Quindío, Colombia, is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands of green, yellow, and purple. It was designed by Solita Lozano de Goméz, who also designed the Coat of arms of the Department of Quindío. The green band on the far left of the flag symbolizes the department's natural vegetation and agricultural activities. The yellow band in the middle symbolize the department’s contribution to the economy of Colombia. And the purple band on the right of the

title: Flag of Botswana

text: protectorate. When Botswana's national flag was created in 1966, it was symbolically designed to contrast with the flag of South Africa, since the latter country was ruled under an apartheid regime. Hence, the black stripe with the white frame came to epitomize the peace and harmony between the people of African and European descent who reside in Botswana. The new flag was first hoisted at midnight on September 30, 1966, the day Botswana became an independent country. The colours of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings. The light blue represents water—specifically, in its form of rain, as it

title: Flag of Somalia

text: Flag of Somalia The Flag of Somalia (, ), also known as the Somali flag, is the official flag of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Adopted on October 12, 1954, it was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban. The flag was used for the nascent Somali Republic. It was originally conceived and serves as the ethnic flag for the Somali people. The flag of Somalia was created in 1954 during the transitional trusteeship period of the nation's history. It was personally designed by the Somali scholar Mohammed Awale Liban, after he had been selected by the Somali labour trade union to

title: Flag of Toronto

text: Flag of Toronto The flag of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was designed by Renato De Santis, a 21-year-old George Brown College student. It won in a 1974 competition held by the Old City of Toronto Flag Design Committee. The former flag consisted of the city crest on a white and blue background and was considered to be overly simplistic by then mayor William Dennison. When several former cities in the Toronto area amalgamated, the new Toronto City Council launched another competition for new designs from the public in 1997, but the council did not approve any of the public submissions. During

title: Flag of Connecticut

text: Flag of Connecticut The flag of the state of Connecticut is a white baroque shield with three grapevines, each bearing three bunches of purple grapes on a field of azure blue. The banner below the shield reads "Qui Transtulit Sustinet", Latin for "He who transplanted still sustains"), Connecticut's state motto. The flag dimensions are in length and in width. The Connecticut General Assembly approved the flag in 1897 after it was introduced by Governor Owen Vincent Coffin in 1895. The design comes from the seal of Saybrook Colony, designed by George Fenwick when it was established in 1639. That seal

title: Flag of the Dominican Republic

text: Flag of the Dominican Republic The flag of the Dominican Republic represents the Dominican Republic and, together with the coat of arms and the national anthem, has the status of national symbol. The blue on the flag stands for liberty, the white for salvation, and the red for the blood of heroes. The civil ensign follows the same design, but without the charge in the center. The flag was designed by Juan Pablo Duarte. As described by Article 21 of the Dominican Constitution, the flag features a centered white cross that extends to the edges and divides the flag into

title: Flag of Ghana

text: Flag of Ghana The national flag of Ghana was designed and adopted in 1957 and was flown until 1962, and then reinstated in 1966. It consists of the Pan-African colours of red, gold, and green, in horizontal stripes, with a black five-pointed star in the centre of the gold stripe. The Ghanaian flag was the second African flag after the flag of the Ethiopian Empire to feature these colours. The flag's design influenced that of the flag of Guinea-Bissau (1973). The flag of Ghana was designed by Theodosia Okoh (1922–2015). The red represents the blood of those who died in

title: Australian Aboriginal Flag

text: Australian Aboriginal Flag The Australian Aboriginal Flag represents Aboriginal Australians. It is one of the official flags of Australia, and holds special legal and political status. It is often flown together with the national flag and with the Torres Strait Islander Flag, which is also an official flag of Australia. The Australian Aboriginal Flag was designed in 1971 by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas, who is descended from the Luritja people of Central Australia and holds intellectual property rights to the flag's design. The flag was originally designed for the land rights movement, and it became a symbol of the Aboriginal

title: Flag of Missouri

text: Flag of Missouri The flag of the state of Missouri consists of red, white, and blue stripes, with the Missourian state seal in the center. Designed by Mary Elizabeth Oliver, the red and white stripes, as is traditional, represent valor and purity, respectively. The blue represents three things: the permanency, vigilance, and justice of the state. The three colors also highlight the French influence on the state in its early years. The flag was made the official flag of the state on March 22, 1913, when then governor Elliot Woolfolk Major signed a bill making it official. The Missourian state

title: Flag of Guyana

text: Proclamation issued on 23 February 1970. Subsequent Presidents have amended this Proclamation to replace the description of the flag contained, to reflect the Presidential Standard they wish to introduce for the duration of their Presidency. Flag of Guyana The flag of Guyana, known as The Golden Arrowhead , has been the national flag of Guyana since May 1966 when the country became independent from the United Kingdom. It was designed by Whitney Smith, an American vexillologist (though originally without the black and white fimbriations, which were later additions suggested by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom). The proportions

title: Flag of Guyana

text: Flag of Guyana The flag of Guyana, known as The Golden Arrowhead , has been the national flag of Guyana since May 1966 when the country became independent from the United Kingdom. It was designed by Whitney Smith, an American vexillologist (though originally without the black and white fimbriations, which were later additions suggested by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom). The proportions of the national flag are 3:5. The colours are symbolic, with green for agriculture and forests, white for rivers and water, gold for mineral wealth, black for endurance, and red for zeal and dynamism. The

title: Korean Unification Flag

text: Korean Unification Flag The Korean Unification Flag is a flag designed to represent all of Korea when North and South Korea participate as one team in sporting events. The background is white. In the center there is a blue silhouette of the Korean peninsula, including Jeju Island to the southwest, and Ulleungdo and the Liancourt Rocks to the east, added in 2003. In the 2018 Winter Olympics, Ulleungdo and the Liancourt Rocks were not included in the flag. There was a plan for North and South Korea to compete as one team at the 1990 Asian Games although such efforts

title: Hoist The Flag

text: Hoist The Flag Hoist The Flag (1968–1980) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the outstanding two-year-old colt in the United States in 1970 when his wins included the Cowdin Stakes. Hoist The Flag was being prepared for the Triple Crown races when his career was ended by a leg injury. He subsequently became a highly successful and influential breeding stallion. Hoist The Flag was a dark-coated bay horse with a small white star, bred by New York City Investment banker, John Schiff. Hoist The Flag was out of the mare Wavy Navy, a daughter of the 1937 U.S.

title: Flag of the Marshall Islands

text: Flag of the Marshall Islands The flag of the Marshall Islands, an island nation in the Pacific, was adopted upon the start of self-government, May 1, 1979. The flag was designed by Emlain Kabua, who served as the first First Lady of the republic. Rules and specifications regarding the flag are set forth in the Official Flag of the Marshall Islands Act 1979 (Public Law 1979-1). The Marshall Islands were part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands administered by the United States, from which the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia split. In common with