The former South African prime minister and architect of apartheid, Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, had a dream to change the then-current flag of South Africa, remove the three small flags in its center ( he objected especially to the British Union Flag being there ) and replace them with a leaping springbok antelope over a wreath of six proteas.

The South African Flag Controversy.

This was preceded by the South African Flag Controversy of 1925 to 1928.

June 14 is celebrated as Flag Day in the U. S. In 1999, an article appeared in the July 25 edition of The Black World Today suggesting that, as an act of global solidarity, every August 17 should be celebrated worldwide as Universal African Flag Day by flying the red, black, and green banner.

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In 1957, God Save the Queen ceased to have equal status with Die Stem van Suid-Afrika as a national anthem, and the Union Flag similarly ceased to have equal status with the South African flag.

* In 1957, following a motion from Arthur Barlow MP, the flag of the South African Union became the country's only flag ; the Union Jack, alongside which the Union Flag had flown since 1928, was flown no longer, to be hoisted only on special occasions.

The Flag of Niger has been the national symbol of the West African Republic of Niger since 1960, a year prior to its formal independence from France.

For example the Indian Navy and the South African Navy have both retained a cross on a white field, with their own national flag in the canton, in place of the Union Flag.

To help offset funeral expenses and saw performances by Cherie Currie of The Runaways and her twin sister Marie in their first public performance together in 20 years, with the final line up of the Pandoras backing them, Precious Metal, who had broken up but who reunited for the show ; Robert Hecker of Redd Kross and Abby Travis, Dramarama with Clem Burke of Blondie and Sylvain Sylvain from the New York Dolls, The Muffs ( Shattuck's and Vammen's band ), African Violet ( D ' Albert band ), Hardly Dangerous ( Kaplan was their drummer ) and White Flag.

* Flag of the African Union

* 1900: " Absent But Not Forgotten "; " Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon " resulted in the creation of the Red, black and green flag by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League | UNIA ; " The Fatal Rose of Red "; " I Ain't Got No Happy Home To Leave!

* National Flag of Canada Day

Waving the Flag: Constructing a National Cinema in Britain.

* National Flag of Canada Day ( Canada )

* Day of the National Flag ( Argentina )

* Independence Day / National Day / Flag Day, celebrate the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.

* 1949 – The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.

* Day of the National Flag ( Ecuador )

This flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, came to be known as the Star Spangled Banner Flag and is today on display in the National Museum of American History, a treasure of the Smithsonian Institution.

During the Winter Olympics, the National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) of the constituent countries had not yet been affiliated to the IOC, so the Olympic Flag was used in place of a national flag at the Opening Ceremony and at medals ceremonies, and the Olympic Hymn was played for gold medallists.

Category: Recipients of the Order Of The National Flag ( North Korea )

In 1923, the National Flag Conference called for the words " my Flag " to be changed to " the Flag of the United States ", so that new immigrants would not confuse loyalties between their birth countries and the United States.

" Ceiba speciosa " at the National Flag Memorial Park in Rosario, Argentina.

Illustration of the Ashoka Chakra, as depicted on the Flag of India | National flag of the Republic of India.

Additionally, in the center is printed the National Coat of Arms, known from the previous Flag of the Transition and adopted in 1817.

There is a rather popular legend in Chile that claims this third Chilean flag won a " Most Beautiful National Flag in the World " contest.

** National Flag of Indonesia

State flag is set according to the UUD ' 45 pasal 35 State Flag Indonesia is the Red and White., UU No. 24 / 2009, and government regulation No. 40 / 1958 on National Flag of the Republic of Indonesia

State flags are flown on the National Independence of Indonesia on August 17, 1945 in East Road No. 56 Jakarta Pegangsaan called the Saka Heritage Flag Red and White.

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* 1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.

* June 14 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by the Continental Congress as the Flag of the United States.

Congress passed the necessary legislation and Eisenhower signed the bill into law on Flag Day, June 14, 1954.

The phrase " under God " was incorporated into the Pledge of Allegiance June 14, 1954, by a Joint Resolution of Congress amending § 7 of the Flag Code enacted in 1942.

Removal of the Bellamy salute occurred on December 22, 1942, when Congress amended the Flag Code language first passed into law on June 22, 1942.

In 1846, with the arrival of USS Congress, Frémont was appointed lieutenant colonel of the California Battalion, also called U. S. Mounted Rifles, which he had helped form with his survey crew and volunteers from the Bear Flag Republic, now totaling 428 men.

By special order of Congress, a Thirteen Star Flag is flown 24 hours a day at the Washington Camp Ground, part of the former Middlebrook encampment, in Bridgewater.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day ; in August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress.

This flag was similar to the official Flag of Israel adopted at the First Zionist Congress seven years later.

This was done when Congress officially adopted the Flag Code on June 22, 1942.

When Republicans retook control of Congress for the 104th session, the Flag Desecration Amendment was first proposed, which would grant the federal government the authority to proscribe flag burning.

It was officially replaced by the hand-over-heart salute when Congress amended the Flag Code on 22 December 1942.

This was done when Congress amended the Flag Code on December 22, 1942.

The American flag as described in the Flag Resolution presented by the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress on 14 June 1777.

The Flag Desecration Amendment, often referred to as the Flag-burning Amendment, is a controversial proposed constitutional amendment to the United States Constitution that would allow the United States Congress to statutorily prohibit expression of political views through the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

The first federal Flag Protection Act was passed by Congress in 1968 in response to protest burnings of the flag at demonstrations against the Vietnam War.

Congress responded to the Johnson decision by passing a Flag Protection Act, only to see the Supreme Court reaffirm Johnson by the same 5-4 majority in United States v. Eichman, 496 U. S. 310 ( 1990 ), declaring that flag burning was constitutionally-protected free speech.

Canby dates the historic episode based on Washington's journey to Philadelphia, in late spring 1776, a year before Congress passed the Flag Act.

Congress did, however, pass a statute, the 1989 Flag Protection Act, making it a federal crime to desecrate the flag.

Since then, Congress has considered the Flag Desecration Amendment several times.

Congress is still considering legislation that would implement something similar to the Broadcast Flag.