In July 2007, the British prime minister at the time, Gordon Brown, unveiled plans to have the Union Flag flown more often from government buildings.

She also usually held or stood beside a Greek hoplite shield, which sported the British Union Flag: also at her feet was often the British Lion, an animal found on the arms of England, Scotland and the Prince of Wales.

" Rollins reports that Black Flag's set-lists in this era rarely included older crowd favorites like " Six Pack " or " Nervous Breakdown ", and that audiences were often irritated by the new, slower Black Flag.

This includes the The Eagle and Child pub ( where the well-known writers J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis often met their literary friends ), complementing the Lamb and Flag opposite it on the College side of the road, which the College owns and operates ( using the profits to fund graduate scholarships ).

Many early Black Flag shows ended in violence, often involving the Los Angeles Police Department.

File: Pirate Flag of Blackbeard ( Edward Teach ). svg | A pirate flag often called the " Jolly Roger.

It is often used as the Unit Flag.

These flags are often erroneously included in the " Evolution of the Philippine Flag "; these are properly called " Flags of the Revolution ".

The Californian state flag is often called the " Bear Flag " and in fact, the present statute adopting the flag, Gov.

Greater Dutch groups often use the historical Prince's Flag ( Orange, White and Blue ) as a flag

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.

Flag desecration ( or flag abuse ) is a term applied to various acts that intentionally destroy, damage or mutilate a flag in public, most often a national flag.

The Indian Flag Code was often criticized for being too rigid and prevented ordinary citizens from displaying the flag on homes and other buildings.

The Union Flag of the United Kingdom, the former Flag of Northern Ireland, and the tricolour of the Republic of Ireland are often defaced or burnt in Northern Ireland as a political provocation or as a protest.

The blue field of the Union Flag was darkened at this time at the request of the Admiralty, in the hope that the new flags would not require replacing as often as the previous design, due to fading of the blue.

Whilst some Australians view the Eureka Flag as a symbol of nationality ( see Australian flag debate ), it is more often employed by historical societies and re-enactors and by political radicals as a general purpose symbol of protest for a wide variety of anti-establishment non-conformist causes.

* Frontman Henry Rollins of the hardcore punk band Black Flag was heavily affected by the book as well and frequently made references to it in his songs, often taking lyrics directly from Tropic of Cancer.

Bob Burns, who started the discussion over a flag for Devon, cited the visibility of the Cornish Flag as one of his reasons " Devonians are only too aware of the ubiquitous Cornish Flag, which can often be seen in the form of car bumper stickers, on vehicles entering Devon from Cornwall.

On other issues he is more liberal: he often votes with his party on separation of church and states issues, and has consistently voted against the Flag Desecration Amendment.

The flag of the Republic of West Florida, which is often identified with the Bonnie Blue Flag of the Civil War era, flies on many public buildings in the Florida Parishes.

The story often became a source of ridicule and amusement, with Parenting. com sarcastically commented " According to new legislation introduced in New York State, to survive classic schoolyard games like Capture the Flag is to cheat death.

At Rangers ' Ibrox Stadium, the Union Flag and Ulster banner are often displayed, whilst at Celtic Park, the Irish tricolour prevails.

On 22 June 2005, a Flag Desecration Amendment was passed by the House with the needed two-thirds majority.

Since the early 1980s Williamson wanted to express in song that Australia needed its own flag minus the Royal Union Flag.

Beatty is reported to have remarked ( to his Flag Captain, Chatfield, later First Sea Lord in the early 1930s ), " there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today ," after two of them had exploded within half an hour during the battle.

In Italy the European Flag must be displayed alongside the national flag in official ceremonies and over public buildings.

# If the design is symmetrical in an axis parallel to the flag pole, obverse and reverse will be identical despite the mirror-reversal, such as the Indian Flag or Canadian Flag

It can also be played in Capture the Flag Mode ( CTF ).

It may be more commonly known as Capture the Flag ( CTF ).

American civil religion, for example, might be said to have its own set of sacred " things ": the Flag of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., etc.

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.

Following Belmont, Grant asked Gen. Henry Halleck for permission to move against Ft. Henry ; Halleck agreed on condition that the attack be conducted with oversight by Union Navy Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote.

However, they are quite similar in that all contain old Portuguese royal mints and seals within a circle of seven castles and five escutcheons with silver bezants ( all similar to what can be seen in the Coat of arms and Flag of Portugal ) and the word " Portugal ".

According to the Flag Code, the Pledge " should be rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart.

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.

In 1846, white American settlers took over the town in what has come to be known as the " Bear Flag Revolt.

The Union Flag can be found in the canton of several of the ensigns flown by vessels and aircraft of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories.

A book issued to British consuls in 1855 states that the white bordered Union Flag is to be hoisted for a pilot.

In 1970, the white-bordered Union Flag ceased to be the signal for a pilot, but references to it as national colours were not removed from the current Merchant Shipping Act and it was legally interpreted as a flag that could be flown on a merchant ship, as a jack if desired.

The current flag days where the Union Flag should be flown from government buildings throughout the UK are:

In addition, the Union Flag should be flown in the following areas on specified days:

On 30 November, ( St Andrew's Day ), the Union Flag can be flown in Scotland only where a building has more than one flagpole — on this day the Saltire will not be lowered to make way for the Union Flag if there is only one flagpole.