Q: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Sentence 1:Jump up ^ The flag was first adopted in April 1894 . Sentence 2:However , it was repealed in 1906 , remaining in de facto usage until its official re-adoption in April 2001 .
A:
however