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.

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

NAVA flag.

In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U. S. state, U. S. territorial and Canadian provincial flags.

In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 Canadian provincial, U. S. state, and U. S. territorial flags.

NAVA criticized the unoriginality of " seal on blue bed-sheet " design, which is currently used by almost half of the flags of U. S. states.

In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U. S. state, U. S. territorial and Canadian provincial flags.

In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U. S. state, U. S. territorial and Canadian provincial flags.

In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U. S. state, U. S. territorial and Canadian provincial flags.

The North American Vexillological Association ( NAVA ) is a membership organization devoted to vexillology, the study of flags.

The colors are taken from the flags of the two countries covered by NAVA: Canada ( red and white ) and the United States ( red, white, and blue ).

Aer Lingus, Ireland's national flag carrier has named one of its Airbus A330 aircraft in commemoration of the saint ( reg: EI-DUO ).

These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.

Landing at Blackman's Bay and later having the Dutch flag flown at North Bay, Tasman named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery in 1642.

** Imia-Kardak crisis: A Greek flag is hoisted on a small rocky island named Imia ( Greek ) / Kardak ( Turkish ).

On December 14, 1818, the French privateer Hipólito Bouchard, sailing under the flag of the " United Provinces of Rio de la Plata " ( Argentina ), brought his ships La Argentina and Santa Rosa to within sight of the Mission ; aware that Bouchard ( today known as " California's only pirate ") had recently conducted raids on the settlements at Monterey and Santa Barbara, Comandante Ruíz had sent forth a party of thirty men ( under the leadership of a young Spanish lieutenant named Santiago Argüello ) to protect the Mission at first news of the approach on the 13th.

According to American field surgeon named Robert Brownfield who witnessed the events, the Continental Army Col. Buford raised a white flag of surrender, " expecting the usual treatment sanctioned by civilized warfare ".

Their main newspapers were < span lang =" fr "> La Quotidienne </ span > and < span lang =" fr "> La Gazette </ span >; other royalist papers included the Drapeau Blanc, named after the Bourbon white flag, and the Oriflamme, named after the battle standard of France.

The leader of this revolution, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, would have been inspired to create the first Cuban flag named La Demajagua in honor of the place where the revolt began.

Its currency is named corporals, at a rate of two corporals for every United States dollar ; both the flag and the monetary unit are named after U. S. Marine Corporal Earl McCabe, who deserted his company while stationed at Port-au-Prince during the American occupation in 1922, and in transit to Miami, was shipwrecked on San Lorenzo.

Bandera is named for the Spanish word for flag.

When Musella became a flag stop, the railroad offered better opportunities for farmers to market their products, so many of the residents of nearby Ceres, Georgia, ( named after Roman goddess of agriculture ; settlement also called Hopewell ) migrated to Musella.

The white field is a Canadian pale ( a square central band in a vertical triband flag, named after this flag ), and each bordering red field is exactly half its size.

It was the site for the charcoal kilns of the Martel Furnace Company and was a flag stop named " Johnson's " on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway in 1882.

The town is named after the Miniconjou Lakota chief Lame Deer who was killed by the U. S. Army in 1877 under a flag of truce south of the town.

Dannebrog is named after the flag of Denmark, which in Danish is called the " Dannebrog.

* Dannebrog Rederi A / S: A Danish shipping company, named after the flag

**** Kongeskibet Dannebrog: The first royal Danish yacht ( 1879-1932 ), named after the flag

**** Kongeskibet Dannebrog: The royal Danish yacht ( A540 ), named after the flag

Because Amerike's coat of arms was similar to the flag later adopted by the independent United States, a legend grew that the North American continent had been named for him rather than for Amerigo Vespucci.

The Dutch municipality of Sint-Oedenrode, named after the Scottish princess Saint Oda, also uses the Saltire as the basis of its flag, although in this case the Saltire is defaced with a gold castle, having on both sides a battlement.

In 1889, the Margherita pizza, whose red tomatoes, green basil, and white cheese represent the Italian flag, was named after her.

The paddlesteamer, named after the highest of New Hampshire's White Mountains, was launched in spring 1872 to carry mail, goods, and passengers on Lake Winnipesaukee, under the flag of the Boston and Maine Railroad.