Another example of ecumenism is the invention of and growing usage of the Christian Flag, which was designed to represent all of Christendom.

Alongside the Flag of Germany it was one of the symbols of the March Revolution of 1848.

The new command came with a competent Flag Lieutenant, Charles Dix, but Beatty was not happy with him, and anyway the former commander of the squadron wanted Dix to accompany him to his new command.

Another consideration was that the Flag Resolution of 1777, which defined official United States flags, did not specify the arrangement of stars.

Hopkinson submitted another bill on June 24 for his “ drawings and devices .” The first item on the list was “ The Naval Flag of the United States .” The price listed was 9 pounds.

In 1984, the Personal Standard of the Governor of Victoria was changed to the State Flag of Victoria, with the blue background replaced by gold, and red stars depicting the Southern Cross.

Between 1903 and 1953, the Tudor Crown was used on the State Flag and Governor's Standard, and this was changed to the present crown in 1954.

Dr. Sun's portrait was arranged with two flags crossed under, the Kuomintang Party Flag and the Flag of the Republic of China.

The Mozambique Air Force ( Forca Aérea De Moçambique-FAM ) was part of the national army initially, and from 1985 to 1990 was known as the People's Liberation Air Force. The FPLM roundel is based on the Flag of Mozambique.

During the memorial service, the Olympic Flag was flown at half-mast, along with the flags of most of the other competing nations at the request of Willy Brandt.

The British Union Flag was designed as a naval ensign in the 17th century, but it was not identified as " national flag " of the United Kingdom prior to 1908.

Later, release 3. 0 leveraged the enhancements of newer Intel 486 and Intel Pentium processors — the Virtual Interrupt Flag ( VIF ), which was part of the Virtual Mode Extensions ( VME )— to solve this problem.

Another popular mod was Threewave Capture the Flag ( CTF ), primarily authored by Dave ' Zoid ' Kirsch.

The first flag of the republic was the " Burnet Flag " ( a gold star on an azure field ), followed shortly thereafter by official adoption of the Lone Star Flag.

She acquired her title in 1959 when her husband, Vice-Admiral Guy Sayer was knighted as the Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet.

Another lesser known principle that the Republic was founded upon was five races under one union " ( 五族共和 ), which emphasized the harmony of the five major ethnic groups in China as represented by the colored stripes of the original Five-Colored Flag of the Republic.

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.

" The resolution originally required the " commonly accepted salute to the Flag " which it defined.

He hailed from Owu in Abeokuta, Ogun State was a student of Norwich Technical College, England when he saw the advertisement in the national daily that entries were being accepted for the design of a new National Flag.

In the Eureka Oath from Peter Lalor's famous speech in 1854 under the Eureka Flag he proclaimed " We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties.

The three sides of the city are represented on the Flag of Chicago by three horizontal white strips.

* 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.

* 1778 – The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.

* The original tricolor Flag of Iran, the source for the Pan-Iranian colors green, white and red adopted by many Indo-Iranian or Aryan states and peoples as their symbols.

Siege, from Weymouth, Massachusetts, were influenced by classic American hardcore ( Minor Threat, Black Flag, Void ) and by British groups like Discharge, Venom, and Motörhead.

File: Astronaut Harrison ' Jack ' Schmitt, American Flag, and Earth ( Apollo 17 EVA-1 ). jpg | Schmitt poses by the American flag, with Earth in the background, during Apollo 17's first EVA.

He has also covered songs by hardcore punk bands such as The Exploited, Jello Biafra, and Black Flag.

Flag of Giustizia e Libertà, an Italian anti-fascist resistance movement led by Carlo Rosselli.

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

In 1946, Brando showed his dedication to the idea of a Jewish homeland by performing in Ben Hecht's Zionist play A Flag is Born.

* 1918 – Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

* 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.

Flag used by Anarcho-syndicalists, the red representing socialism and economic action, the black representing anarchism and political action.

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.

The Voortrekkers had a distinctive flag, used mainly by the Voortrekkers who followed Andries Hendrik Potgieter, which is why it was also known as the Potgieter Flag.

Chairs Missing followed in 1978, and found Wire stepping back from the stark minimalism of Pink Flag, with longer, more atmospheric songs and synthesizer parts added by producer Mike Thorne.

* Bedford Flag history on the town's site and information on seeing the flag at the Bedford Free Public Library

John Martin, founder of the Wairarapa town of Martinborough, set out the town's first streets in the pattern of the Union Flag in the 19th century.

The " Flag of Rostov " is kept in the town's municipal building under glass.

It even had its own mint, with coins showing the town's symbol: the Lamb and Flag.

The town's central streets form a Union Flag pattern ).