Thailand This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Thailand Official Name: ราชอาณาจักรไทย [Ratcha Anachak Thai], Kingdom of Thailand Former Name: Siam [สยาม] (before 24 Jun 1939; also between 1945 and 11 May, 1949) Flag Adopted : 28 September 1917 Coat of Arms Adopted: 1910 The Royal Golden Jubilee Network The Trairanga or Tricolour The story goes that during the 1916 flood the king of Siam – since 26th June 1939 called Thailand – saw the national flag – red with a white elephant – hanging upside down. Because of the distress a new flag was adopted that could not be hung upside down. Initially it was a red field with two white bands , but on 28th September 1917, the middle stripe was changed to blue to show solidarity with the Allies during the First World War. The name of the flag is therefore Trairanga, meaning tricolour.

The proportions of the flag are 2:3, while the stripes are arranged 1-1-2-1-1. Sources: Crampton 1992 ; Jos Poels 1990 ; Crampton 1991 . From contributions by Roy Stilling, 21 February 1996 Jan Oskar Engene, 03 October 1996 Mark Sensen, 03 March 1997 King Vajiravudh (Rama VI), amongst other things, refashioned the flag of Siam in 1917, replacing the white elephant on a red field with the contemporary tricolor. Although not an official interpretation of the Thai flag, the prevailing view is that the central blue stripe represents the monarchy, the two white stripes are the Therevada Buddhist religion, and the outer red stripes represent the land or the nation. Riley B. VanDyke, 22 June 1998 In Thailand (...) the Thai National Flag was used everywhere and every school day started with a flag raising and the singing of Thong Chat (The Flag) either assembled in the school courtyard or in the classrooms.

Phil Abbey, 17 September 1998 During the reign of King Vajiravut (1910-1925) the flag was changed to the 5 stripe flag – red and white from 1916-1917 . In 1917 the middle red stripe was changed to blue to make the flag look much better and the blue colour is for Friday – the day King Vajiravut was born (1st January 1880). On 28th September 1917, the Flag Law of 1917 was promulgated and stated that the national flag became the trichelon [sic] flag, the one we use today. Wisarut Bholsithi, 29 October 1999 The red flag with white stripes was used as the national flag during 1917, but the design was changed again the same year. A columnist with the Bangkok Daily Mail Newspaper suggested to King Rama VI, who had originally decreed the red and white striped flag as the national flag, that the central stripe of red should be changed to blue.

The reasons for the suggested change were that blue was the colour of the King and the red/white/blue-coloured flag, which was similar to the national flags of the Allies, would remind Thailand of its participation in World War I. The King agreed with this idea and signed the Flag Act of B.E.2460 (1917), declaring the red / white / blue-coloured flag, which would be known as the "Trairanga," the national flag of Thailand. from the Rama IX Art Museum Foundation , 10 October 2005 Construction Sheet Colours of the Flag The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics ( Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 ) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC believed the flag to be. For Thailand, PMS 032 red, 281 blue.

The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian Sumner, 11 October 2012 Flag Usage Thailanders display their national flag with as much frequency as folks in the United States . In fact, it is not at all unusual to see giant Thai flags flying over corporate buildings much like US car dealers fly giant American flags. There are small flag makers everywhere and buying a Thai flag is easy. Thai flags are usually made of light weight polyester or open weave cotton type bunting. Occasionally I could spot one made of broad cloth. Thai folk are also proud of their history and demonstrate said pride by displaying historical flags . Virtually any old Thai flag with an elephant on it can be bought. Bangkok is also a good place to find flags of other countries. It is easy to find old flags off ships for sale on the streets. Many international Thai firms will have multiple sets of flag poles up in front of their headquarters. It is very inexpensive to have foreign flags made up in Bangkok's flag shops, so flag display is popular.

Clay Moss, 04 July 2001 From the Singha Beer source : In older times no regulations existed as regards the etiquette involved in using flags; there was only the occasional Royal Command issued by His Majesty the King concerning the occasions on which particular flags were to be used. Until [sic – 'under'?] the Reign of King Rama V, however, was a set of Regulations established regarding their functions. These appeared in a Royal Decree issued on April, R.E. 110 (B.E.2434) [1891 AD] and were entitled, aptly enough, "Regulations pertaining to the use of various types of Siamese flag." Subsequently, as more and more flags were created, these regulations were amended and the amendments duly enforced, the latest one being the Decree on Flags issued on April 22, B.E. 2522 [1979 AD]. Flags in general use are divided into two main categories: those whose functions are clearly delineated in the aforementioned Decrees, and those not covered by official regulations, namely those flown by various government agencies or by members of the private sector.

Although, the latter are produced with the permission of the government and have been registered in accordance with the law, they are not specifically covered by any of the provisions set forth in the Decrees themselves. Santiago Dotor, 27 May 2003 Further, various personal flags of King Rama IX are in wide use by civilians as a kind of de-facto second national flag, often flown along with the Trairanga as a pair. The flags are always yellow (the royal color), and bear an intricate pseudoheraldic emblem; these are commissioned at intervals to commemorate milestones in the King's life. The most recent design issued is usually the one most commonly seen; the current is 2007's "Eightieth Birthday" flag, incorporating the relevant emblem . Eugene Ipavec, 10 October 2007 The Singha Beer Thong Thai Website There was a website , apparently set up by a brewing company, with scores of Thai flags. More than 70 flags are depicted and described on this site. The images are rather small and poor, so it is difficult to see the details of the emblems. Dates are given in the Buddhist calendar.

Jan Oskar Engene, 13 August 1997 The Singha Beer website contains many Thai flags. They are divided into: Departmental Flags The texts plus some selected images (those which have no similarity whatsoever to any other Thai flag in FOTW) have been added to the FOTW website. In all the images, please note that the narrow, dark blue border matches the webpage background and is not part of the flag. Santiago Dotor, 26 Oct 1999 Definitely, someone must have drawn the flags without the full descriptions which appeared close to them in the website; the Commander's Flag should be 2:5 and appears as 3:4, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army flag should be a 5:6 flag whereas the image is 7:10, etc. Those flags which also appear in Flaggenbuch 1939 follow the ratios of the descriptions. So I guess the descriptions are more precise as reference. Santiago Dotor, 05 Nov 1999 One more thing. The Thai equivalent for "fleet" has been wrongly translated as "frigate".

Thus, the Commander of the Fleet Flag is said to be that of a "Frigate Commander" and about the Pu Yai Flag it says "high ranking officers from a frigate were on board that particular vessel". Santiago Dotor, 12 Nov 1999 How many stripes are there on the American Flag? How many stripes are there on the American Flag? Home USA , World onurates 10 April 2012 American flag is the national flag of United States of America. It is also known as “Stars and Stripes”, “Old Glory” and “The Star-Spangled Banner”. American flag has stripes and stars on it. How many stripes are there on the American Flag? There are lots of various views about American Flag. Some of them are officially confirmed and some of them are only belief. There is also some different sub meaning of the stripes as people say. Main belief and formal statement about thirteen stripes is that they are thirteen colonies as Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island. There are also colors of flag. Red stripes mean British and they are also white stripes cutting them.

It means British rule is breaking by American rules. Also there are spiritual meanings of colors. Red is courage and it takes the color from blood. White is purity and it’s the purity of Jesus. Blue is vigilance and justice. There’s also a congress declaration about American Flag in 1777. It says red is hardiness, white is purity and blue is the color of the Chief. The star means heaven and stripes are ray of sunlight. They are 50 stars on the American Flag. They are 50 states of country. There’s also a term 51st state. It means the new state which will join America. Main candidates are Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Other News flag of the United States of America | Britannica.com Flag of the United States of America Written By: See Article History Alternative Titles: Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes national flag consisting of white stars (50 since July 4, 1960) on a blue canton with a field of 13 alternating stripes, 7 red and 6 white.

The 50 stars stand for the 50 states of the union, and the 13 stripes stand for the original 13 states. The flag’s width-to-length ratio is 10 to 19. Related Topics Betsy Ross After the American Revolution began, the first unofficial national flag—known as the Continental Colours (or, incorrectly, as the Grand Union Flag or the Cambridge Flag)—was hoisted at Prospect Hill in Charlestown (now in Somerville, Mass.) on Jan. 1, 1776; it was raised, it appears, at the behest of Gen. George Washington , whose headquarters were nearby. The flag had 13 horizontal stripes (probably of red and white or of red, white, and blue) and, in the canton, the first version of the British Union Flag ( Union Jack ). It was used at forts and on naval vessels. Another popular early flag, that of the Sons of Liberty , had the 13 stripes only. The various 18th-century “Don’t Tread on Me” flags had only local significance, but in the 20th century such designs were popularized by political protesters.

The first official national flag, formally approved by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, was the Stars and Stripes. The blue canton was to contain 13 stars, but the layout of the stars was left undefined, and several patterns are known. The designer of the flag, Congressman Francis Hopkinson , may have had a ring of stars in mind to symbolize (in the words of the flag law) “a new constellation.” Today that pattern is popularly known as the “ Betsy Ross flag,” although the claims of her descendants that she made the first Stars and Stripes and that she used the ring pattern are unsubstantiated. Rows of stars (4-5-4 or 3-2-3-2-3) were common, but other variations also existed. The new Stars and Stripes formed part of the military colours carried on Sept. 11, 1777, at the Battle of the Brandywine , perhaps its first such use.

Similar Topics flag of the Confederate States of America The Stars and Stripes changed on May 1, 1795, when two more stars and two more stripes were added to reflect the admission to the union of Vermont (1791) and Kentucky (1792). (One such flag was the 1,260-square-foot [117-square-metre] “Star-Spangled Banner,” made by Mary Pickersgill, that Francis Scott Key saw at Fort McHenry in September 1814, inspiring his patriotic poem .) In 1818, after five more states had been admitted, Congress enacted legislation pertaining to a new flag, requiring that henceforth the number of stripes should remain 13, the number of stars should always match the number of states, and any new star should be added on the July 4 following a state’s admission. This has been the system ever since. In all, from 1777 to 1960 (after the admission of Hawaii in 1959) there were 27 versions of the flag—25 involving changes in the stars only. An executive order of Oct.

29, 1912, standardized the proportions and relative sizes of the elements of the flag; in 1934 the exact shades of colour were standardized. There is no official assignment of meaning or symbolism to the colours of the flag. However, Charles Thomson , secretary of the Continental Congress, in describing the proposed Great Seal, suggested the following symbolism: “White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue…signifies vigilence, perseverence [sic] & justice.” As with many other national flags, the Stars and Stripes has long been a focus of patriotic sentiment . Millions of children have traditionally recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag at the start of each school day, and the lyrics of the national anthem are also concerned with the flag. Some veterans’ groups have pressured legislators to adopt laws or a constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration, but such legislation has been opposed on the grounds that it would infringe on the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression. Britannica Stories Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent During the American Civil War , the Confederate States of America began to use its first flag, the Stars and Bars, on March 5, 1861.

Soon after, the first Confederate Battle Flag was also flown. The design of the Stars and Bars varied over the following two years. On May 1, 1863, the Confederacy adopted its first official national flag, often called the Stainless Banner. A modification of that design was adopted on March 4, 1865, about a month before the end of the war. In the latter part of the 20th century, many groups in the South challenged the practice of flying the Confederate Battle Flag on public buildings, including some state capitols. Proponents of the tradition argued that the flag recalled Southern heritage and wartime sacrifice, whereas opponents saw it as a symbol of racism and slavery, inappropriate for official display. The “Southern Cross” version of the Confederate Battle Flag. The Stainless Banner, first official national flag of the Confederate States of America. Flag of Thailand South America Flag of Thailand Thailand (Kingdom of Thailand) has a tricolor flag with five stripes instead of just three. The colors of the flag are in this order: red – white – blue – white – red. The blue band at the middle is twice the width of any of the four other stripes.

The flag’s Thai name is Thong Trairong simply meaning tricolor flag. The three colors – white, red, and blue – stands for religion, nation, and king, respectively. “Nation, Religion, King.” is said to be Thailand’s motto. This flag was adopted as the national flag of the Kingdom of Thailand in September 28, 1917 as per royal decree on national flag issued that year. Before that year, however, Thailand’s flag underwent several changes before finally being the tricolor flag it is today. The flag used under King Narai, who ruled Thailand (then called Siam) from 1656 to 1688, was a plain red flag and was probably that first flag that Thailand used. A red flag with a white chackra on the center, as according to the decree by Rama I (King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke), has been used since 1790 to 1820. Another variant of the flag of Thailand has a white elephant inside the chakra. But the first official flag of Thailand was the one created by Rama IV (King Mongkut).

The flag showed a white elephant with a red background because the plan red flag was deemed not distinct enough for used in international relations. In 1917, the flag used had the current design but the middle stripe was the same with the outer stripe in width and color (red). It was changed and made symmetrical by Rama VI (King Vajiravudh). The middle color was changed to dark blue in 1917. It was similar in tone with indigo, which was then considered lucky color for Saturday, the day Rama VI was born. According to some sources, though, it was to show solidarity with the Allies of the First World War that also bear blue-white-red flags. Leave a Reply Thailand Flag colors - Thailand Flag meaning history WORLD FLAGS Thailand National Flag - Information The flag of the Kingdom of Thailand, popularly known as ธงไตรรงค์ (Thong Trairong) meaning "tricolour flag”, features five horizontal stripes in the colours red, white, blue, white and red, with the central blue stripe being twice as wide as each of the other four.

Thailand Flag - Colors - meaning and symbolism Red symbolizes the nation and the blood of life White represents Buddhism and the purity of Buddhism Blue stands for the monarchy Thailand Flag - History, Facts & information for kids The first flag of Thailand was created in 1855 by King Rama IV (Mongkut) that featured a white elephant on a red field. On November 21, 1916, King Rama VI (Vajiravudh) replaced the elephant with two horizontal white stripes against a red background. and on September 28, 1917, in the midst of World War I, the central red stripe was changed to blue in order to express solidarity with the Allies (UK, USA, Russia and France) whose flags were red, white and blue. Thailand Flag - History, Facts & information for kids Thailand flag flying gracefully against the wind Thailand Flag pictures Malaysia This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Malaysia National Symbols at The Malaysia Homepage Jalur Gemilang (Malay text only) with much information on flag sizes, protocol etc.

Description I came across an official Malaysian Year Book in my local library and it had 'official' descriptions of the Malaysian national and state flags as well as description of armorial ensigns, state emblems and other information like state anthems, history, rulers (as in 'sultans') etc. The Malaysian National Flag consists of fourteen red and white stripes (along the fly) of equal width, a union or canton of dark blue, a crescent and a star. The red and white stripes stand for equal status in the federation of the member states and the federal government. The union or canton of dark blue represents the unity of the peoples of Malaysia. The union contains the crescent which is the symbol of Islam, and the star, the 14 points of which symbolise the unity of the 13 states of the federation with the federal government. The yellow of the crescent and the star is the royal colour of the Rulers. Thomas W.

Koh, 14 May 1997 The 14 stripes on the Malaysian flag represent the 14 states of Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Penang, Sabah, Sarawak and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan). The blue square represents the harmony of the people. The crescent symbolises Islam, the national religion and the colour yellow is the colour of royalty. Giuseppe Bottasini, 13 August 1997 [Translated from the Malaysian flags official URL:] The dark blue stands for the unity of the Malaysian people. The crescent moon is a symbol of the official religion Islam. The 14 pointed star symbolises the unity of the 13 states and the federal government. The yellow is the colour of Their Highnesses the Rulers of the Malay States. The rules for flying flags seem to be the same as in the UK, etc, except that in Malaysia state flags are flown in the honour position at state events and on state holidays.

Also, the order of state flags is according to the precedence of their Rulers, which is according to seniority, sultans/rajas then governors. Andrew Yong, 15 August 1999 Regarding the origin of the flag, I may not have the exact citation but growing up in Malaysia, the sporadic pieces of information on the origin of our national flag has seeped into our psyche. Here are some well know facts that may help explain why the uncanny resemblance to the Stars and Stripes : Malaysia is a federation of previously independent states (not autonomous) We are one of a handful states in the work that is constituted based on a federation model (like India, Australia, Canada, US) Therefore, our founding fathers drew their inspiration from a handful of existing models at that time: o India has no element of "unity of elements" in its flag o Australia and Canada (old flag, pre '64) is too British with the Union Jack in it o The US was the post war hero, liberators and role model to the world on many fronts with a great federalist flag. The Stars and Stripes was a natural choice.

Similar themes where adhered to: Each stripe represents one of the states (grew from 11 to 14) The star has 14 pointed tips The symbol of equality and strength in unity is reflected in its design. CW Wong, 8 August 2007 On the Malaysia Government`s Official Portal, on the web-page about the Malaysian Flag and Coat of Arms is written, "The canton of dark blue in the upper quarter next to the staff and extending down to the top of the fifth stripe". Mikhail Revnitsev, 11 July 2011 I guess that this is a matter of how you count the stripes - I guess that they count only red stripes as "stripes" in this counting. Željko Heimer, 11 July 2011 The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics ( Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 ) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval.

So, while these specs may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC believed the flag to be. For Malaysia: PMS 286 blue, 485 red 109 yellow. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian Sumner, 11 October 2012 Origins of the Flag Smith 1980 [ smi80 ] says, "Blue was chosen for the Malaysian flag to show its association with the Commonwealth (...)". Pedersen 1971 [ ped71 ] is more specific, "Dark blue is from the British flag and symbolizes the connexion with the Commonwealth ". I noticed that two recent books, Dorling-Kindersley 1997 [ udk97 ] and Znamierowski 1999 [ zna99 ], have dropped the connection with the Commonwealth . I would not be surprised if the change in the 'meaning' of the blue colour were associated with the accession of Mahathir Muhamad to the power in July 1981.

Mahathir has developed a nationalistic ideology and would like to be the 'champion' of South-East Asia. This could explain that the reference to the British Commonwealth was discarded. Ivan Sache, 23 April 2002 Document, BT 11/4189, in the Public Record Office at Kew explains some of the thinking behind the design of the Malaysian Flag. Federation of Malaya Order No.61 of 1949 announced that a committee had been set up to make recommendations for the design of a Federation Flag. (...) David Prothero, 2 May 2002 The colour blue on the flag may have represented the Commonwealth originally, but this is not the case now. Blue symbolises unity or perpaduan in Malay. Nagathisen Katahenggam, 25 August 2002 Malaysia is a federation of monarchies and a member of the (British) Commonwealth . The use of red and white stripes to represent a federation is clearly a United States innovation, but early U.S. flag designers probably got the idea of red and white stripes from the flag of the British East India Company , whose ships were frequently seen in American ports.

The Straits Settlements were an East India Company protectorate, and I suspect that the stripes on the Malaysian flag make reference to both their federation and their history with the East India Company. Jonathan Makepeace, 15 January 2003 The derivation of the US flag from the East India Company flag is widely posited but also disputed. It is, as I understand it, not true that East India Company ships were frequently seen in American ports, at least not flying the 'gridiron' flag . Also, the Straits Settlements did fall under the East India Company, but not after the company was dissolved in 1858, 105 years before the Malaysian flag was adopted. Absent any legislative history supporting this theory, it seems to me less persuasive than the hypothetical connection to the Stars and Stripes. Joseph McMillan, 15 January 2003 The very construction of the Malaysian flag, with its much larger blue canton [cf. the Johore war ensign ], is virtually a denial of US influence.

Whether the red-and-white stripes in the Malaysian flag can be derived from the East India Company is a moot point, but the popularity of red and white in the East Indies (Malaysia and Indonesia [cf. for instance the Indonesian jack ]) predates any influence on the part of either Britain or the United States. Red and white are part of the traditional colours of the Malagasy people , too, remember  a people whose origins are in Borneo. Mike Oettle, 19 January 2003 The founding fathers of Malaysia definitely had no reason to imitate the US flag. To find out the reason for the design of Malaysian flags, we have to check on the political history of Malaysia at the time of the independence. Malaysian politics till today comprises three distinct political parties each representing the 3 ethnic races of Malaysia - Malays, Chinese and Indians: UMNO : United Malay National Organisation -represent the Malays MCA : Malaysian Chinese Association-represent the Chinese MIC : Malaysian Indian Congress -represent the Indians The flags of the MCA is blue field with a yellow sun. The MIC flag is red and white stripe with MIC in Tamil and English at the centre.

Now merge these two flags - the MCA flag on the canton and the MIC flags without the blue stripes on the fly. The crescent moon on the canton represent Islam hence the Malays. Nadarajan V, 1 June 2009 At a Penang state track and field meet was last week I met an elderly gentleman (Mr. Ibrihim). He introduced himself and then began to ask questions about me...and after a while, he pointed to a Malaysian flag and asked me if the flag made me feel "at home" in any way. He then said that he was asking the question from a flag similarity standpoint. Surprisingly, he then said; "We intentionally copied the American flag you know." I said; "Really? How so?" He said that in those days, there was a good deal of positive sentiment about the US and that the newly independent Malaya wanted to mimic the US form of government in as many ways as possible. They wanted to draft a constitution that was similar to that of the US and they were hopeful that they would develop as a nation as successfully as America had.

Additionally, he said that the Malay were grateful for US intervention during WW II while also quietly encouraging the British to "let go" after the war ended. He said that the US flag serving as inspiration for the design of Malaya's flag was a natural sort of process and simply seemed like "the way to go." I was amazed that I was getting to listen to Mr. Ibrihim's story and asked him how he knew all of this. He then let me know that he had been a Malay state representative from Penang during and right after independence came along. About that time, I had to excuse myself and said that I would return in a few minutes. When I got back to my seat, Mr. Ibrihim was gone. I never got to probe further relative to his story. I hope to track Mr. Ibrihim down soon.

Clay Moss, 11 April 2010 Name of the Flag: Jalur Gemilang The Flag Bulletin [ tfb ], #186, March-April 1999, page 74, says under the heading "Flag News and Notes" [ smi99e ]: Malaysia: The government of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has introduced many changes into the economic, political and social systems of Malaysia. On the 40th anniversary of the country's independence, 31 August 1997, provision was made for an official name for the national flag. The version chosen, Jalur Gemilang, combines a Malay word meaning "stripes" or "range of values" with the adjective ("gemilang") signifying "glorious". No change was introduced in the design of the flag. Santiago Dotor, 20 December 1999 Sometimes seen is a typical Malysian national flag, except that the bottom white stripe wis abnormally wide, perhaps twice as wide as the others, maybe a bit less.

Jorge Candeias, 20 June 2009 There are lots of those type Malaysian flags flying here and there. They are printed cotton broad cloth and come in all sizes. Whoever makes/made them will simply get their screens a bit too narrow for whatever width they are trying to print. Usually the manufacturer is working with a piece of material that is pre-woven with tapered locked edges. That way, the flags do not have to be hemmed on the top or bottom. So, all they do is print, hem the fly and hoist and sell. Clay Moss, 21 June 2009 Flags in Malaysia Malaysia is really a good place for flag spotting. Flags are almost all over the place and not only the Malaysian flag but also all 14 states flags. People put little flags on their cars or inside their cars, they also use stickers with Malaysian flag and inscription 'Proud to be Malaysian' and so on. If you visit Kuala Lumpur you must go to the Merdeka Square and see one of the tallest flag poles in the world (100 metres).

The Union Jack was lowered at midnight on August 30, 1957 and the Malayan flag hoisted up for the first time. It is really magnificent. There are Malaysian and Federal Territory flags in front of the court building and all 14 states flags under the huge pole. The flag is really big and it's really great when you see it from different parts of the city. Here is a little picture of the Merdeka Square with the tall flag pole. Uros Zizmund, 25 July 1999 I found this flag related news in the East Malaysian Daily Express online version 13 April 2001: Kota Kinabalu: Fifty-eight students from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) 10th College and Kolej Ibukota Kinabalu (KIK) fought coldness and fatigue to unveil Malaysia's largest Jalur Gemilang (national flag) on the summit of Mt Kinabalu last week. On Thursday, they once again unveiled the 118m x 77m flag at the KIK main campus football field in an attempt to enter the Malaysia Book of Records.

Organised by the UPM 10th College undergraduate supreme council in collaboration with KIK, as the main sponsor, the project cost some RM20,000 and it took the students four months to prepare the flag. (...) Strange dimensions, 118m x 77m, giving a proportion of (almost exactly) 13:20, as opposed to the official ratio of 1:2. Santiago Dotor, 16 April 2001 Thailand Flag Country: United Kingdom of Thailand Proportions: 2:3 Thai Flag Description: The flag of Thailand consists of five horizontal stripes. The top and bottom are equal-sized red stripes, the middle stripe is blue which is lined above and below by equal-sized white stripes. The blue stripe is double the size of the other four. Advertiser Links [ what's this? ] Thai Flag Meaning: The red stripes represent the blood spilt to maintain Thailand's independence. The white stands for purity and is the color of Buddhism which is the country's main religion. Blue is Thailand's national color and it represents the Thai monarchy.

The blue is also used to honor Thailand's World War I allies, Great Britain, France, United States and Russia, who all had red, white and blue flags. Thai Flag History: The current Thai flag was adopted on September 28, 1917, making it one of the world's older flags. From the mid-19th century until 1916, Thailand, which was called Siam until 1939, used a red based flag with a white elephant on it. That flag was replaced in 1916 with a red-white-red-white-red horizontal striped flag which was modified in 1917, when the blue center replaced red. Interesting Thai Flag Facts: The Thai flag is called Triaranga or Triarong, which literally means 'tricolor'. Even when Thai changed its name from Siam in 1939 and when it was allied with Japan during World War 2 the flag remained the same. World FlagsAlphabetical list of all world flags. T A Flag Day History of the Stars and Stripes - History in the Headlines A Flag Day History of the Stars and Stripes Why does the American flag have 13 stripes?

Get all the facts and figures on "Old Glory." Share this: A Flag Day History of the Stars and Stripes Author A Flag Day History of the Stars and Stripes URL Google The American flag has gone through many changes since it was adopted 235 years ago by the Second Continental Congress. As the adoption of the Stars and Stripes is commemorated this Thursday on Flag Day, find out more about Old Glory’s mysterious origins and its rise to iconic prominence. When the American Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, the colonists didn’t yet unite under a single flag. Instead, they fought mainly under unit or regimental flags, according to Marc Leepson, author of the book “Flag: An American Biography.” One flag of the time featured a picture of a coiled rattlesnake with the slogan “Don’t Tread on Me,” while another showed a pine tree with the words “An Appeal to Heaven.” “There really wasn’t anything that was stars and stripes, red, white and blue,” said Mike Buss, a flag expert with the American Legion veterans’ organization. In June 1775, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, created a united colonial fighting force known as the Continental Army.

Some historians claim that George Washington, the army’s commander-in-chief, ordered that a flag called the Continental Colors be raised the following New Year’s Day during a siege of British-occupied Boston. But David Martucci, past president of the North American Vexillological Association, the world’s largest group dedicated to the study of flags, believes Washington likely raised a British Union Jack instead. The Continental Colors, which contained 13 alternating red and white stripes with a Union Jack in the upper left-hand corner, was only used by the navy and perhaps at forts, according to Martucci. “It was sort of a compromise between the radicals who wanted to see a separate nation and the people who were more conciliatory and wanted to see some accommodation with the crown,” he said. Either way, Washington realized soon after that it probably wasn’t a good idea to fly a flag resembling that of the enemy, Leepson said. The Second Continental Congress was busy drafting a constitution known as the Articles of Confederation, seeking an alliance with France and supplying the war effort.

But on June 14, 1777, it took time from its schedule to pass a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white” and that “the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” To this day, no one knows who designed the flag or why that particular color combination and pattern were chosen. Although legend holds that Betsy Ross made the first American flag in 1776 after being asked to do so by Washington, primary sources backing up that assertion are scarce. During the remainder of the Revolutionary War, the Stars and Stripes was mainly used for naval purposes, but afterwards it took on a national role. By 1794 two new states had been added to the Union, and Congress passed an act declaring that the flag would henceforth contain 15 stripes and 15 stars. More states kept joining, including Tennessee in 1796, Ohio in 1803, Louisiana in 1812, Indiana in 1816 and Mississippi in 1817.

Nonetheless, the flag featured 15 stripes and 15 stars until 1818, when Congress passed a new act providing for 13 stripes in honor of the 13 original colonies and one star for each state. It was almost unheard of for individuals to fly the U.S. flag until the Civil War broke out in 1861, at which time the Stars and Stripes suddenly became a popular symbol in the North, according to Leepson. “This is the beginning of what some people call the cult of the flag, the almost religious feeling that many Americans have for the red, white and blue,” he said. In 1870 the Betsy Ross legend took off when her grandson held a press conference touting her possible role in sewing the first flag, and the earliest flag protection laws appeared not long after. Meanwhile, in 1885, Wisconsin teacher Bernard Cigrand originated the idea for a national flag day. In 1912, President William Howard Taft signed an executive order that, for the first time, clarified what the flag should look like.

Up until then, some flags were oddly proportioned, Leepson explained, or even had six- or eight-pointed stars. Four years later, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation officially establishing a nationwide observance of Flag Day on June 14, the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. And in 1949, President Harry Truman signed legislation designating June 14 of each year as National Flag Day. Though Flag Day is not a federal holiday, the U.S. government encourages its citizens to display Old Glory outside of their homes and businesses. The tradition is not widely observed, however. “To most folks, unfortunately, Flag Day is not on their radar screen,” Buss said. Tags Liberia This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Liberia Flag of 11 red and white stripes with blue canton containing a white five-pointed star. Most modern sources agree on 10:19 ratio of the flag (based also on the US flag ratio ), but older sources seem to ignore it.

Željko Heimer, 9 May 2002 Star and canton The prescriptions of the Law positively require the size of star generally shown — with the upper point level with the base of the first stripe, its middle points level with the top of the third stripe and its lower points level with the top of the fifth stripe. Christopher Southworth, 24 March 2005 On the assumption that one wishes to keep the two outer points of the star in line with the top of the second red stripe — it requires two alternative sizes of star to fulfill the requirements of the Law (whichever was intended). The first is to centre the disk containing the star, which requires such disk to be two-thirds the canton. The second, which places the upper and lower points equidistant from the top and base of the canton would require a disk whose diameter is equal to three-quarters the canton.

Another possible way in which the question could be viewed, would be: «Is two-thirds the canton of sufficient size to fulfill the requirement of “large” as stipulated in the Law, and if it is, was it so intended?» There is a third alternative which looks right, but which does not quite fulfill the legal requirement that the star should be in the exact centre of the canton, in that the centre point of the circle containing it is fractionally below the centre point of the square, and this is the one shown in BR20 [ gra00 ]. In this instance the outer points of the star are level with the top of the second red stripe (as with the earlier two), whilst the lower two points are level with the top of the fifth red stripe, and to achieve it requires the diameter to be 18/25 (or 72%) the canton. I personally like the look of the third alternative as being the neatest, but what was intended by the legislators seems to be something of a mystery? Christopher Southworth, 24 March 2005 The eleven stripes stand for the eleven signatories of the Liberian declaration of independence.

Roy Stilling, 04 December 1996 The Liberia’s national flag is called “Lone Star”. The eleven horizontal stripes represent the eleven signers of the declaration of independence and the constitution of the Republic of Liberia; the blue field symbolizes the continent of Africa; the five pointed white star depicts Liberia as the first “independent republic” on the continent of Africa; the red color designates “valor”; the white, “purity”; and the blue, “fidelity”. Although these representations are uniquely Liberian, the flag itself is a replica of “Old Glory”, the national flag of the United States . Pascal Gross, 07 September 1998 The previous flag was altered by reducing the number of stripes to 11 and replacing the cross with a single white star 26 July 1847 . Dave Martucci, 21 April 1997 Following the declaration of independence in on July 26, 1847, the founders of that first African Republic scheduled August 24 , 1847 as the date of unfurling a new flag for the new Republic.

The new flag was similar to an earlier flag attributed to the Colony except that in place of a “Christian cross” in the upper left corner, was a single star. One local poet — in describing the describing the flag in a publication on August 26, 1847 — said of the star «after ages of wandering, has at length found its orbit». While also similar to the American “ Stars and Stripes ”, the Liberian flag had eleven stripes representing the eleven individuals elected to the Constitution Convention of 1847. At the special program Susanna Waring-Lewis, chairperson of the committee appointed to sew the new flag, gave a “patriotic” speech which, according to an attending correspondent as a «testimony of female patriotism and ardor in the cause of Liberia’s independence». Another correspondent described the ceremony this way: «During the ceremony of presenting the flag, many eyes were suffused with tears. And indeed, who that remembered the past could forbear to weep? Who that looked back to America and remembered what he saw and felt there, Could be otherwise than agitated». (Complied from: Press Freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970, by Dr.

Carl Earl Burrowes, for the Liberian Human Rights Network) Colours The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics ( Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 ) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC believed the flag to be. Liberia: PMS 281 blue, 032 red. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian Sumner, 11 October 2012 Flag laws The flag was legally established in an Annex to the Constitution of the Republic of Liberia of 16 June 1847, and the relevant part reads as follows (I understand that the fragment I quote come from the Neubecker ’s files; translated from the German by myself): The Flag shall consist of six red stripes alternating with five white stripes arranged in sequence.

In the upper corner of the flag next to the staff is a square, blue canton covering the first five stripes, and in the centre of blue is a white star. Christopher Southworth, 17 March 2004 and 24 March 2005 The proportions were fixed at 10:19 by a Flag Law (amending a previous Code of Law of an unknown date and) approved by the National Legislature on 11 April 1961, together with details of the design and the shades of red and blue. The relevant Sections read as follows: Section 30. Description of the Flag: The National Flag of the Republic shall consist of eleven horizontal red and white stripes. The stripes shall alternate and the first and the last shall be red. There shall be a square blue canton extending from the left top corner of the Flag to the bottom of the third red stripe, and a large five-pointed star superimposed in the exact centre of the blue canton. Section 31.

Distinguishing characteristics of the Flag: The following shall be the distinguishing characteristics of the Flag: The exact shade of blue in the Flag shall be Navy Blue, which symbolizes liberty, justice and fidelity; The exact shade of the white in the Flag shall be pure white, meaning the chromatic color of the highest brilliance and symbolizing purity, cleanliness and guilelessness; and, The exact shade of red in the flag shall be ruby red, which signifies steadfastness, valor and fervor. Section 32. Sizes and general uses of the Flag: The following shall constitute the different sizes and uses of the Flag: The Garrison Flag. The Garrison flag of 20 feet hoist by 38 feet fly shall be flown on the Executive Mansion, the Capitol, the Supreme Court, military installations and other such public buildings as may be designated, during working days, holidays, national or official celebrations and other important occasions. The Port Flag. The Port flag of 10 feet hoist by 19 feet fly is the “general use” flag and shall be flown at offices, military installations, institutions and other premises during pleasant weather. The Storm Flag.

The Storm flag of 5 feet hoist and 9 feet 6 inches fly shall be flown during stormy weather. The Interment Flag. The Interment flag shall be the same size as the storm flag and shall be used to cover the caskets containing the remains of important officials of the Government of the Republic including military personnel. Vehicle Flag not larger than 14 inches in the fly. Christopher Southworth, 17 March 2004 and 24 March 2005 Variant representations of the flag Most modern sources agree on 10:19 ratio of the flag, but older sources seem to ignore it, as well as the relative size of the canton and the star within. So [ neu92 ] has 2:3 image , and [ gmc17 ] has an image that measures 20×33 mm. Today it seems it is taken for granted that the canton is square, but the two other sources has the canton about 2:3 and 4:5 respectivly. They all agree that the height of the canton is five stripes.

The star seems to be inscribed in a circle with diameter about 3 stripes width (though with minor differences in all three soruces). Željko Heimer, 9 May 2002 As you can see there is no size given in the laws for the star only the instruction that it should be «large». Christopher Southworth, 17 March 2004 From 1858 chart [ hbl58 ] image by Ant�nio Martins-Tuv�lkin, 21 February 2016 Only one Liberian flag in chart [ hbl58 ], labeled "Liberia" at position (7;7): 11 stripes and square canton taking up five of them; the star is larger than usual and the ratio approx. 2:3 (generic of this source); this depiction seems more accurate than most in contemporary and later sources . António Martins, 1 October 2008 From Flaggenbuch (1939-1941) [ neu92 ]

Question: How many red stripes are there on the national flag of Thailand?
Answer: Two