After the survey was completed, NAVA members chose the flag of New York to be ranked 53rd out of the 72, doubtless due to its “ seal-on-a-bedsheet ” design.

The North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ), in its 2001 survey of US state, US Territory and Canadian provincial flags rated the current Michigan flag 59th out of 72 flags evaluated ; it was given an average score of just 3. 46 out of a possible 10 points.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) rated the Texas state flag second best in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.

According to the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ), the state banner exists today as an official alternative to the state flag.

NAVA named the flag of Kansas the fourth worst flag out of all the flags of the provinces of Canada, the U. S. states and U. S. territories.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed the Ontario provincial flag 43rd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.

After the survey was completed, NAVA members chose the flag of California to be ranked 13th out of the 72.

NAVA members ranked North Dakota's flag 56th out of the 72.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed the Manitoba provincial flag 44th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed the Arkansas state flag 45th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.

NAVA members chose the Delaware flag as the 20th worst flag in the running, choosing it to be 52nd of the 72.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Indiana's flag 32nd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Iowa's flag 42nd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Maryland's flag fourth best in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.

North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) declared the flag of Montana to be the third worst state / provincial flag, 70th in a field of 72 in a list that contained all the provinces of Canada, U. S. states and U. S. territories.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Oklahoma's flag 39th in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state and U. S. territory flags ranked.

The survey found West Virginia's flag to be barely out of the bottom 20, as NAVA ranked it at 51 out of the 72.

In 2001, a survey conducted by the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) placed Wyoming's flag 23rd in design quality out of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territory flags ranked.

* NAVA city flag survey

Past it I could see part part of a desk, a flag in a corner, a rug on the floor.

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.

Mama was very patriotic, and one of the duties she was proudest of was repairing the edges of the flag that flew above the White House.

She would often go up on the roof to see the attendant take down the flag in the evening.

She used to tell me, `` When I stand there and look at the flag blowing this way and that way, I have the wonderful, safe feeling that Americans are protected no matter which way the wind blows ''.

The resolution under discussion at the convention was to require the boards of election to instruct judges to properly display the American flag.

The resolution further asked that polling place proprietors affix an attachment to their premises for the display of the flag.

The figure leapt from the box, almost lost its balance, the flag draped there tore in the air, the figure landed on its left leg, fell on its hands, and pressed itself up.

In the corner was the soldier with the white flag.

The man had come floundering aboard the flat-bottomed barge at the last instant, brandishing the flag of truce.

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.

Then she catapults into `` everything and everybody '', putting particular violence on `` everybody '', indicating to the linguist that this is a spot to flag -- that is, it is not congruent to the patient's general style of speech up to this point.

We talked after I hailed his Jeep marked with the U.N. flag.

When the North enthusiastically rallied behind the national flag after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Lincoln concentrated on the military and political dimensions of the war effort.

It was covered in the Confederate flag and laid in state for several hours.

* 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.

* Birthday of the King Carl XVI Gustav, one of the official flag days of Sweden.

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

The flag of Armenia consists of three equal horizontal bands of red ( top ), blue, and orange.

* 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.

* 1863 – The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.

* 1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.

* 1942 – World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is installed atop the Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range.

He was buried just outside Greeneville – with his body wrapped in an American flag and a copy of the U. S. Constitution placed under his head, according to his wishes.