# REDIRECT Flags of the Confederate States of America # Second national flag

The colours of the flag, although not specified by the Flags Act, have been given the same Pantone specifications as the national flag.

The national flag is officially defined in the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981.

Flags, standards, and banners have always been important national and imperial symbols for Iranians, both in war and peace.

Flags and other national declarations are displayed amongst people to show their attendance at the events and proclaim their own themes of Catholicism.

Therefore, the entrenchment of the national flag in the Flags Act 1953 is without force as the entrenchment clause could be removed ( through normal legislative amendment ) by later parliaments.

They adopted the Confederate battle flag ( the square " Southern Cross " incorporated into the second and third National Flags of the Confederate States of America, not to be confused with the " Stars and Bars " adopted as the first national flag ) as the official insignia of the Order.

" Flags " was released in October 2011 in Hungary, reaching # 15 on the national album chart by 2nd week of release.

Flags also became the preferred means of communications at sea, resulting in various systems of flag signals ; see, International maritime signal flags.

Flags are particularly important at sea, where they can mean the difference between life and death, and consequently where the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced.

Flags that are made to the prescribed 1. 9 ratio are often referred to as " G-spec " ( for " government specification ") flags.

Known as the " Isle of 8 Flags ", it has had the flags of the following nations flown over it since 1562: France, Spain, Great Britain, Spain ( again ), the Patriots of Amelia Island, the Green Cross of Florida, Mexico, the Confederate States of America, and the United States.

Flags are flown as mourning flags

File: North Korea Flags. jpg | A series of North Korean flags

Before 1996, most of the flags waved by supporters were Union Flags ( it is now arguable that this situation has now reversed ).

The red ensign may continue to be flown on land in Māori areas or during Māori events under the Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981 in recognition of long held Māori preference for red flags.

During state visits, the monarch and the visiting head of state are escorted in a state carriage up The Mall and the street is decorated with Union Flags and the flags of the visiting head of state's country.

The Flags of the United States states | flags of all the states of the US with the current liturgical banners hung on the pillars.

Flags of this type include the flags of the Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, and Uzbekistan.

* Afro-American flags at Flags of the World non-commercial vexillology site

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

File: Flags, about 1800. gif | Unofficial flags of Montenegrin realm, used before 19th century

* Rebellion of 1837-1839 in Upper Canada flags of Upper Canada from Flags of the World

* Flags of the United States ( including commonwealth, territory, and federal district flags )

The term " Five Flags over Florida " usually refers to the five governments that have exerted sovereignty over all or part of Florida: the flags of Spain, France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Confederacy.

Also containing similar themes are the songs " War on War " and " Ashes of American Flags " which contains the line " I would like to salute the ashes of American flags.

The park's name " Six Flags Over Texas " refers to the flags of the six different nations that have governed Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.

# Flags of the World ( Web site ) http :// www. crwflags. com / fotw / flags /.

# Siobhan Ryan, editor, Flags: The visual guide to more than 300 flags from around the world ( Eyewitness Handbooks, DK Publishing, New York, NY, USA, 1997 ) ISBN 978-0-7894-4224-6.

Flags showing crescents appear in depictions of flags from the 14th century, in the Libro de Conoscimiento and the Catalan Atlas.

* A Flags of the World article about flags used in La Boca

The Six Flags company eventually acquired numerous other properties and is currently the world's largest regional theme park chain.

Wynne died that same year and although he was no longer associated with the company at the time of his death, Six Flags would eventually acquire numerous other properties and become the world's largest regional theme park chain.

Flags are usually rectangular in shape ( often in the ratio 2: 3, 1: 2, or 3: 5 ), but may be of any shape or size that is practical for flying, including square, triangular, or swallow tailed.

Examples of this have been the Flags Act ( 1953 ), the Royal Styles and Titles Acts ( 1953 and 1973 ), and the Australia Act ( 1986 ).

Cotten's career cooled in the 1950s with a string of less high-profile roles in films such as the dark Civil War Two Flags West ( 1950 ), the Joan Fontaine romance September Affair ( also 1950 ), and the Marilyn Monroe vehicle Niagara ( 1953 ), after James Mason turned down the role.

* Titan ( roller coaster ), at Six Flags Over Texas

* Colossus ( Six Flags Magic Mountain ), a wooden roller coaster in Valencia, California

* Medusa ( Six Flags Discovery Kingdom ), a steel floorless roller coaster

* Medusa ( Six Flags México ), a wooden roller coaster

Already in 1980 the Whitney Museum of American Art spent $ 1 million for Three Flags ( 1958 ), then the highest price ever paid for the work of a living artist.

* Flashback ( Six Flags Magic Mountain ), steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain, USA

* Flashback ( Six Flags New England ), steel roller coaster of shuttle design currently in use at Six Flags New England, USA

* Flashback ( Six Flags Over Texas ), a steel boomerang roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, USA

Additionally Arlington hosts the Texas Rangers ' Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Cowboys Stadium, the International Bowling Campus ( which houses the United States Bowling Congress, International Bowling Museum and the International Bowling Hall of Fame ), the headquarters for American Mensa, and the theme parks Six Flags Over Texas ( the original Six Flags ) and Hurricane Harbor.

It was the home of the Marine World / Africa U. S. A., California park from the 1960s to 1986, when the park moved to Vallejo, California ( eventually becoming Six Flags Discovery Kingdom ), and the land was occupied by the headquarters of Oracle Corporation.

* Pandemonium ( roller coaster ), a roller coaster at several Six Flags parks

* The Boss ( roller coaster ), a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis

Six Flags added rides found in bigger theme parks such as the wooden coaster called Rolling Thunder in 1979, The Buccaneer ( a swinging ship from Intamin ), Roaring Rapids ( now Congo Rapids, an Intamin River Rapids ride ), Parachuter's Perch ( now Parachute Training Center: Edwards AFB Jump Tower, an Intamin Parachute ride ) and Freefall ( later Stuntman's Freefall, an Intamin First Generation Freefall ), all before the park's tenth anniversary.