Cape Breton Island's most recognizable and commonly used flag.

* 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U. S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.

Military-style uniforms, badges of rank, flag ceremonies, and brass bands were commonly accepted in the early years because they were a part of normal society, but since then have diminished or been abandoned in both Scouting and society.

These soldiers, commonly known as Hessians, fought under the British flag.

Although Stark was at the Battle of Bennington and likely flew this flag, the battle has become more commonly associated with the Bennington flag, which is believed to be a 19th century banner.

For this reason, enterprising maritime raiders commonly took advantage of " flag of convenience " Letters of Marque, shopping for cooperative governments to license and legitimize their depredations.

" FYI " is commonly used in e-mail, instant messaging or memo messages, typically in the message subject, to flag the message as an informational message, with the intent to communicate to the receiver that he / she may be interested in the topic, but is not required to perform any action.

) Act 1993 and the consolidating Merchant Shipping Act 1995 which, in Section 4, Subsection 1, prohibits the use of any distinctive national colours or those used or resembling flags or pendants on Her Majesty's Ships, " except the Red Ensign, the Union flag ( commonly known as the Union Jack ) with a white border ", and some other exceptions permitted elsewhere in the Acts.

Rainbow flag ( gay movement ) | Rainbow flag s, which are commonly associated with gay pride, are hung as banners on streetlights along the road.

The design of the current Chilean flag is commonly attributed to Bernardo O ' Higgins's Minister of War, José Ignacio Zenteno, having been designed by the Spanish soldier Antonio Arcos, although historians argue that is was Gregorio de Andía y Varela who drew it.

The flag is commonly called Bendera Merah-Putih ( Red-and-White Flag ).

He argued that the current flag was commonly confused with that of the Netherlands and that the red lion on the other hand was more popular, more aesthetic and of greater historic value.

There a many types of flags to represent subdivisions in the gay community but the most commonly recognized one is the rainbow flag.

According to Gilbert Baker, creator of the commonly known rainbow flag, each color represents a value in the community:

Though Somerset has traditionally had a red dragon as an emblem, the red dragon is more commonly associated with Wales, as its national flag features a red dragon ( Y Ddraig Goch ).

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.

Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S. A., commonly known as Iberia, is the flag carrier airline of Spain.

China Airlines ( CAL ) (, commonly abbreviated as Huáháng ()) () is the largest airline in Taiwan and the flag carrier of the Republic of China.

This flag is officially called in Japanese, but is more commonly known as.

After the microprocessor was released, a bug was discovered in the floating point unit, commonly called the " Pentium Pro and Pentium II FPU bug " and by Intel as the " flag erratum ".

In timed rodeo events, the purpose is to make a run as fast as possible, while the time is being clocked either by an electronic eye, ( a device using a laser system to record times ), or by an arena attendant or judge who manually takes the time using a keen eye and a flag to let a clocker know when to hit the timer stop ; though this last method is more commonly seen in local and non-professional events.

In Chinese, the flag is commonly described as Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth () to reflect its attributes.

One is the flag generally known as the Benin flag and one is referred to as Nana Olomu's flag.

The national flag of the United States of America is often simply referred to as the American flag, consisting of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red ( top and bottom ) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton ( referred to specifically as the " union ") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars ( top and bottom ) alternating with rows of five stars.

It is generally regarded as the lowest of the " admiral " ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as " flag officers " or " flag ranks ".

The flag in a white border occasionally seen on merchant ships was sometimes referred to as the Pilot Jack.

The Union flag has been embroidered on various Reebok equipment as a mark of the brand's British origin, and the Reebok Union Jack has been referred to as a brand icon.

The national flag of Indonesia, which is known as Sang Saka Merah-Putih (" The Sacred Red-and-White ") or Bendera Merah-Putih (" The Red-and-White Flag ") or simply Merah-Putih (" The Red-and-White "), or sometimes referred to as Sang Dwiwarna (" The Bicolor ") in Indonesian is based on the banner of the 13th century Majapahit Empire in East Java.

The corner is well known amongst Wednesdayites as the location of Paul Gregory, aka ' Tango Man ' on match days, along with his ' Wolverhampton Owls ' flag and is often referred to as ' Tango's corner ' by the Wednesdayites.

It is frequently referred to by the name MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6 ), a name used as a flag of convenience during the Second World War when it was known by many names.

The Tino Rangatiratanga flag is often referred to as the Māori flag, one which can be used to represent all Māori.

The coat of arms on the nation's flag from 1823 – 1824 referred to the federation ( in Spanish ) as Provincias Unidas del Centro de América (" United Provinces of the Center of America "); however, its 1824 constitution, coat of arms, and flag called it República Federal de Centroamérica / Centro América (" Federal Republic of Central America ").

The flag of Greece ( popularly referred to as the " sky blue-white " or the " blue-white " and in Greek: " Γαλανόλευκη " or " Κυανόλευκη "), officially recognized by Greece as one of its national symbols, is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white.

File: John Quelch Flag. svg | Although referred to as " John Quelch " flag, in fact it is closer to the description of Pirate flag of John Phillips.

The Pan-African flag, also referred to as the UNIA flag, Afro-American flag or Black Liberation Flag, is a tri-color flag consisting of three equal horizontal bands colored red, black and green.

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

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

They also had a flag carrier at the front who guided the forces behind him ; when the flag was upright the combatants behind would stand and when turned down, they would sit.

At the end of 1874, when Field Marshal Serrano left Madrid to take command of the northern army in the Carlist War, Brigadier Martínez Campos, who had long been working more or less openly for the king, led some battalions of the central army to Sagunto, rallied to his own flag the troops sent against him, and entered Valencia in the king's name.

On November 24, 1897, French naval authorities found three Americans on Clipperton working for the American Guano Company, who had raised the American flag on the island.

Near the end of the Daytona 500, he had a four-second lead when the final caution flag came out with a handful of laps to go.

had to drink There were even drinking game referee officials, including a ' registrar of the rules ' who knew all the rules to the game, a ' registrar of the horn ' who tossed a silver flag down on calling out second offenses, and a ' governor ' who decided one's third call of offense.

They also noted that the flag currently used had lengths, of the last two fields, anywhere between 7 / 4 to 13 / 6.

However, the Council of Europe agreed that the European Communities could use the flag and it had promoted its use by other regional organisations since it was created.

Several countries ( including the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union ) have had unique flags flown by their armed forces, rather than the national flag.

Before that day, the flag had served mostly as a military ensign or a convenient marking of American territory, flown from forts, embassies, and ships, and displayed on special occasions like the Fourth of July.

Also, some British sources have accounted the flag story ( He had the Spanish flag hauled down and the English flag hoisted in its stead ; Rooke's men quickly raised the British flag ... and Rooke claimed the Rock in the name of Queen Anne ; or Sir George Rooke, the British admiral, on his own responsibility caused the British flag to be hoisted, and took possession in name of Queen Anne, whose government ratified the occupation ).

: What does seem nowadays proved is that the British troops who had landed on the South Mole area raised their flag to signal their presence to the ships, and avoid being fired upon by their own side.

The referee Gottfried Dienst, unsure, decided to consult his linesman, Tofik Bakhramov, on the right flank, who had waved his flag to get the official's attention.

The increased tribute demand was refused, a United States of America naval force blockaded Tripoli, and the First Barbary War continued on until 3 June 1805 resulting in the repatriation of 300 US sailors and the first time the US flag had been raised in victory on foreign soil.

During his life Henri, comte de Chambord, as the grandson of Charles X, had refused to abandon the fleur-de-lys and the white flag.

Ultimately, he had to flag down a passing car and ask the driver ( who was driving a borrowed car without a license ) to take him to the ceremony.

* 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag from the South Pole, the furthest anyone had ever reached at that time.

There was a cardinal rule that the warriors of the Order should never surrender unless the Templar flag had fallen, and even then they were first to try to regroup with another of the Christian orders, such as that of the Hospitallers.

) Afghanistan had more changes of its national flag during the 20th and 21st centuries than any other country in the world, having 21 flags from 1901 to the present.