For example, the flags of Venezuela, of Colombia, and of Ecuador all use variants of the flag of Great Colombia, the country they composed upon their independence from Spain, created by the Venezuelan independence hero Francisco de Miranda ; and the flags of Egypt, of Iraq, of Syria, and of Yemen are all highly similar variants of the flag of the Arab revolt of 1916 – 1918.

The design of the flag is very similar to that of Colombia and Venezuela, which are also former constituent territories of Gran Colombia.

The colors of the modern Ecuadorian flag evolved from those of the flag of the nation of Gran Colombia, which encompassed the territories of modern-day Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

The current flag of Venezuela was introduced in 2006.

Detail of The Battle of Carabobo ( 1887 ) by Martín Tovar y Tovar The flag is essentially the one designed by Francisco de Miranda for his unsuccessful 1806 expedition to liberate Venezuela and later adopted by the National Congress of 1811.

The events prior to the war of Independence in 1806, landed in its port of La Vela de Coro the liberating expedition led by Francisco de Miranda, the precursor of Spanish American wars of independence would bring the tricolor that after the years end up adopting the Gran Colombia, which is now the basis for the official flag of three American republics, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

Since the demonstrations against the refusal by the government to renew the broadcasting license of RCTV ( a major TV network ), the upside-down flag of Venezuela has been adopted as a symbol of protest for this and other alleged threats to civil liberties.

* April 1 – VIASA – the flag carrier of Venezuela – commences operations

The Arms and the Colombian flag will be decreed by the General Congress and will use the Arms and Flag of Venezuela because it is more known.

* The flag of Venezuela ( charged )

It is the flag carrier and largest airline of Venezuela, operating services to domestic destinations and to destinations in the Caribbean and South America.

In May 2001, the idea to create a new flag carrier for Venezuela was proposed, but in December 2002, the project was put on hold until 1 October 2003.

However, the Council of Europe agreed that the European Communities could use the flag and it had promoted its use by other regional organisations since it was created.

* The flag of Argentina, created by Manuel Belgrano during the war of independence, was the inspiration for the United Provinces of Central America's flag, which in turn was the origin for the flags of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

Typically, two teams ( red and blue ) would compete in a game of Capture the flag, though a few maps with up to four teams ( red, blue, green, and yellow ) were created.

It can be traced back to 1823 when it was created as a signal flag, never intended as a civil jack.

According to this theory, the Swedish flag was created during the reign of King Charles Knutsson, who also introduced the Coat of arms of Sweden in 1442.

For the 25th Anniversary of the Stonewall riots, held in 1994 in New York city, a mile-long rainbow flag was created and post-parade cut up in sections that have since been used around the world.

The latter flag appears to be waved by the chief Lautaro in the best-known artistic representation of it, created by painter Peter Subercaseaux.

The previous flag ( with the Gilberts ) was also based on the Union Flag but with the coat of arms created by Sir Arthur Grimble in 1932, the resident commissioner of the British colony.

During the Algerian War ( 1954 – 62 ), the agency created the Organization of the French Algerian Resistance ( ORAF ), a group of counter-terrorists whose mission was to carry out false flag terrorist attacks with the aim of quashing any hopes of political compromise.

The flag of Djibouti was created in 1972.

The existing tricolour was created during the Spring of Nations in 1848, when a group of students from Ljubljana took the colours from the Carniolan coat of arms, arranging them in such a way that it resembled the Russian national flag.

File: Essad Pasha's flag. png | Republic of Central Albania, short-lived unrecognised state created by Essad Pasha Toptani.

File: Dardania Flag. svg | Flag of Dardania, served flag of the Republic of Kosova, and Presidential Flag under UNMIK, created by Ibrahim Rugova.

The legislation that created the state flag did not specify if the flag was to be square or rectangular, however.

In his general order № 2 of 3 July 1940, Vice Admiral Émile Muselier, two days after assuming the post of chief of the naval and air forces of the Free French, created the bow flag displaying the French colors with a red cross of Lorraine, and a cockade, which also featured the cross of Lorraine.

Frontman Davey Havok was also acclaimed by Take Your Shot zine, as he " carried the flag for the horror punk style that the Misfits created in the 80s ," and " with his ongoing output throughout the years, Davey has become the ambassador of horror punk and has really helped this genre develop further ".

The flag, created as a consequence of the union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800, still remains the flag of the United Kingdom.

The New Zealand Government acted to prevent the petition being presented to the monarch, and the visit to Japan on the way back from Europe created allegations of disloyalty and of flying the Japanese flag over the church settlement of Rātana Pā.

All but the most rabid of Confederate flag wavers admit that the Old Southern tradition is defunct in actuality and sigh that its passing was accompanied by the disappearance of many genteel and aristocratic traditions of the reputedly languid ante-bellum way of life.

The deposit of rupees to the account of the Government of the United States of America in payment for the commodities and for ocean transportation costs financed by the Government of the United States of America ( except excess costs resulting from the requirement that United States flag vessels be used ) shall be made at the rate of exchange for United States dollars generally applicable to import transactions ( excluding imports granted a preferential rate ) in effect on the dates of dollar disbursement by United States banks, or by the Government of the United States of America, as provided in the purchase authorizations.

The anarcho-capitalist flag is also widely used by voluntaryists, whose philosophy is very similar.

* 1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.

The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.

Research conducted by the National Museum of American History notes that the story of Betsy Ross making the first American flag for General George Washington entered into American consciousness about the time of the 1876 centennial celebrations.

Even the symbols of Bosnian statehood ( flag, coat of arms ) have been chosen by the Highest Representative rather than by the Bosnian people.

Mural by Bogside Artists on Free Derry Corner depicting Edward Daly ( bishop ) | Father Daly waving a White flag | white handkerchief while trying to escort the mortally wounded Jackie Duddy to safety.

This flag could then be used by a later jump instruction to determine program flow.

Harry later buries his friend, Albert, played by Michael Jayston, draped in a Charlton Athletic flag, to which Frank says, " hear that ?".

When this flag is turned on for a file ( which can be accomplished by a computer program or by a human user ), the file can be examined, but it cannot be modified.

This flag is useful for critical information that must not be modified or erased, such as special files that are used only by internal parts of the computer system.

Some systems also include a hidden flag to make certain files invisible ; this flag is used by the computer system to hide essential system files that users should not alter.

While the new ex-colonial states appeared to follow the blueprint of the idealized state-centralized government, territory enclosed by defined borders, and citizenry with defined rights -, as well as accessories such as a national flag, an anthem, a seat at the United Nations and an official economic policy, they were in actuality far weaker than the Western states they were modeled after.

In many navies, the rank of commodore was merely viewed as a senior captain position, whereas other naval services bestowed upon the rank of commodore the prestige of flag officer status ; commodore is the highest rank in the Irish Naval Service, for example, and is held by only one person.

To correct this inequity, the rank of commodore as a single star flag officer was reinstated by both services in the early 1980s.

However, this was considered an awkward title and the one-star flag rank was renamed a few months later to its current title of rear admiral ( lower half ), abbreviated by the U. S. Navy and U. S. Coast Guard as RDML.

Fans began honoring Earnhardt by holding three fingers aloft on the third lap of every NASCAR Cup race, and the television coverage of NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on NBC went silent for each third lap from Rockingham to the following year's race there in honor of Earnhardt For the first three weeks after Earnhardt's death, on-track incidents brought out the caution flag on lap three.

An authoritative server indicates its status of supplying definitive answers, deemed authoritative, by setting a software flag ( a protocol structure bit ), called the Authoritative Answer ( AA ) bit in its responses.

* 1775 – The becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag ( the precursor to the Stars and Stripes ); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.