* 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 four freedoms flag or " United Nations Honor Flag " ca.

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

Others included the Treasury Board seal, “ 7 devices for the Continental Currency ,” and “ the Flag of the United States of America .”

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.

* The Union Flag ( Union Jack ) of the United Kingdom is the most commonly used.

Among international flags are the Flag of the United Nations, the Olympic flag, the Paralympic flag, The EU flag and the World Flag.

The Flag of the United Nations

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin salutes the Lunar Flag Assembly | United States flag on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.

However, in reality, according to the United States Flag Code, all state flags are displayed at the same height as the American flag when on separate poles, with the American flag in a position of honor ( to its own right ).

The official flag for all U. S. minor outlying islands is the Flag of the United States | U. S. flag.

* Flag Days of Sweden ( June 6 ), United States ( June 14 — see Flag Day in the United States ), Denmark ( June 15 ), Argentina ( June 20 ), and Romania ( June 26 ).

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

* 1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first ( and only ) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.

* Flag Day ( United States )

* 1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U. S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later ( see Flag Act ).

Turning south from Klamath Lake, Frémont led his expedition back down the Sacramento Valley, and promoted the Bear Flag Revolt, an insurrection of United States immigrant settlers.

The large flags shown in the corners are the Flag_of_the_United_States # Historical_progression_of_designs | 37-star flag of the United States ( flown 1867-1877 ), the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom, the Russian Imperial Standard, and the Flag of France | French tricolore with inset French Imperial Eagle | Imperial Eagle.

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.

Flag of the United States

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The Flag of the United Kingdom is based on the flags of Flag of England | England, Flag of Scotland | Scotland and Flag of Ireland | Ireland

The Union Flag, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

File: KingDavidtheBuilderFlag. svg | Flag of Georgian Kingdom during the reign of King David IV of Georgia.

Image: Flag of Castile. svg | Historic flag of the Kingdom of Castile.

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.

However, on 23 April, St George's Day, it is the Union Flag of the United Kingdom that is flown over United Kingdom's government offices in England.

Since the surrender of New France to the United Kingdom in the early 1760s, the Royal Union Flag, called the Union Jack ( or, less commonly, Union Flag ) in the United Kingdom, was used as the de jure national flag, as in the United Kingdom, until the adoption of the current flag in 1965.

File: Flag of Albania 1928. svg | Flag of the Albanian Kingdom ( 1928 – 1934 ).

File: Flag Kingdom Of Albania. svg | Flag of the Albanian Kingdom ( 1934 – 1939 ).

Among the earliest hardcore bands, regarded as having made the first recordings in the style, were Southern California's Middle Class and Black Flag.

Also, the Flag of Malacca, a state in Malaysia, is similar, having the same colors ( except the yellow star and moon ) and a similar canton design, although the proportions and color order are different.

Ginn decided to cut the promotional costs of the Black Flag albums by issuing them in quick succession and having the band tour solidly behind the releases.

In 1933, she received the U. S. Flag Association Cross of Honor for having taken part in surveying transatlantic air routes.

John Slezer | Slezer's Edinburgh Castle c. 1693 depicting the Scottish Union Flag. Despite the drawings described in this letter as showing drafts of the two new patterns, together with any royal response to the complaint which may have accompanied them, having been lost in a fire, other evidence exists, at least on paper, of a Scottish variant whereby the Scottish cross appears uppermost.

The Australian flag is similar to the flag of New Zealand, both having the Union Flag in the canton and the Southern Cross on the fly.

Youghal is well known for its beaches, having been, until 2008, the only town in the Republic of Ireland with two beaches awarded E. U. Blue Flag status.

Flag of the IRFU with the centenary logoAlthough it had the same elements as the Flag of the Four Provinces, it was not identical, instead having them separated on a green background with the IRFU logo in the centre.

In 1869, having conciliated the Vietnamese, Liu also won favour with the Chinese authorities by committing the Black Flag Army to a Chinese punitive campaign against the Yellow Flags, which gave him the opportunity to cripple this rival bandit army.

Despite this status having been lost in 2006, due to complaints concerning illicit use of the cemetery, the Green Flag status was restored by 2011.

It is very unusual for a flag based on a British ensign design, in having not only a yellow background, but also a defaced Union Flag in the canton.

Rick Flag, Jr. is revealed to be alive, having been transported to the dinosaur-infested island of Skartaris by his enemy Rustam after Flag's apparent death beneath Jotunheim.

He was made Flag Officer Second in Command Far East Fleet in June 1964 during the Indonesia – Malaysia confrontation and, having been promoted to vice admiral on 7 August 1965, he became Deputy Chief of Defence Staff ( Personnel and Logistics ) at the Ministry of Defence in 1966.

Eight multiplayer maps are included with the game, Deathmatch having its own, and Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag having their own.

It is believed by some that the design and colors of the Puerto Rican Flag, which were adopted in 1954, came from Rodríguez de Tió's idea of having the same flag as Cuba with the colors reversed.

As the best in their age group, these young competitors come to the Games having trained long and hard to be among those chosen to represent their respective province or territory and compete for the Canada Games Flag and Centennial Cup.

After having entrusted the Union Flag to Lts.

Amongst their more crudely racialist polices the Flag Group stressed the importance of having large families and included ideas about the white race being bred out of existence in their election literature.

Anderson, nonetheless, became a powerful figure within the Flag Group and by 1990 was effective leader, Andrew Brons having left the political scene.

It was launched by Sone Lal Patel, and has a following among the Kurmi caste, and has one member in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. Apna Dal is founded in 4th November, 1995. Flag of Apna Dal having two colours orange and blue, half upper part is orange and half bottom part is blue. It is a party of all caste and religion. Apna Dal organised its first maharally at Beniyabag in Varanasi where lacks of people were present. On date of 23 August, 1999 police attacked on hundred of workers of Apna Dal.

The name " Grand Union " is contemporary to Reconstruction-era historians, having been first applied to the Continental Colors by George Preble in his 1872 History of the American Flag.

The British Embassy is notable for having the European flag flying lower, rather than at the same level, as the Union Flag.