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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.
In spite of the fact that the state legislature voted us neutral, John Hunt Morgan is openly flying the Confederate flag over his woolen factory ''!!
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.
* 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.
The anarcho-capitalist flag is also widely used by voluntaryists, whose philosophy is very similar.
* 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.
* 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.
The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.
Betsy Ross ( January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836 ) is widely credited with making the first American flag.
* 1854 – The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
The ANC flag is composed of three stripes – black, green and gold.
The flag is now in the Baltimore Orioles museum.
If the mutated sequence is present in the patient's genome, the probe will bind to it and flag the mutation.
alt = Four ships flying the British flag advance in the foreground towards an anchored battle line in which the only clear detail is a huge burning ship.
Hanging on the western wall is Queen Victoria's burial flag, given to the college soon after her death.
Under the flag is the high table where the professors and college administration lunch.
This flag is not used all that often if at all.
What is normally seen is the flag with green on both ends with a golden circle that reads " Cape Breton Island, Canada " with the island in the middle and a green ' X ' behind in the background.
The most usual is the system of the Confederação Brasileira de Capoeira ( Brazilian Capoeira Confederation ), which adopts ropes using the colors of the Brazilian flag, green, yellow, blue and white.

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the inclusion of the term " indivisible " in the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag ); before this, the construction " the United States are " was more common.
Euro coins also display the twelve stars of the flag on both the national and common sides and the flag is sometimes used as an indication of the currency or the eurozone ( a collective name for those countries that use the Euro ).
Extraordinary flying of the flag is common on the EU's flag day, known as Europe Day, which is celebrated annually on 9 May.
Vertical version, as shown where flying this flag format is common practice
Use of flags outside of military or naval context begins only with the rise of nationalist sentiment by the end of the 18th century ; the earliest national flags date to that period, and during the 19th century it became common for every sovereign state to introduce a national flag.
* Flags of Native American nations in the United States are common and many tribes have chosen a flag as their symbol of choice.
In practice, most U. S. national flags available for sale to the public have a different length-to-width ratio ; common sizes are or ( flag ratio 1. 5 ), or ( 1. 6 ), or or ( 1. 667 ).
Old Glory is a common nickname for the flag of the United States, bestowed by William Driver, an early nineteenth century American sea captain.
The common model was coloured in the black-red-gold of the current German flag, with a variety of other colours also available.
It is sometimes called the " yellow jack " but this was also a name for yellow fever, which probably derives its common name from the flag, not the color of the victims ( cholera ships also used a yellow flag ).
At the close of the Anglo-Boer War in 1902, the four colonies were for the first time under a common flag, and the most significant obstacle which had prevented previous plans at unification had been removed.
It is common to find Sunderland shirts in De Kuip on a matchday and at the Stadium of Light, a St George's England flag with Feyenoord Mackems written across the red cross is on show at every match.
* The Butcher's Apron is a pejorative term for the flag, common among Irish republicans.
This version of the union badge was also used as a common naval jack by the navies of both countries, and as their common diplomatic flag.
Following the adoption of a separate Norwegian flag, a Royal regulation of July 17, 1821, stipulated that ships of both kingdoms use the common square-cut civil ensign ( with the saltire included ) in " distant waters " ( i. e. beyond Cape Finisterre ).
In addition, the new union badge was to be used as the naval jack and as the flag for the common diplomatic representations abroad.
Even today in the city of Cusco, Peru it is common to see the flag around the city displayed even in government buildings and in Cusco main square.
A seven-colour rainbow flag is a common symbol of the international cooperative movement.
The rainbow flag has been the cooperative emblem since 1921 when the International Co-operative Congress of World Co-op Leaders met in Basel, Switzerland to identify and define the growing cooperative movement ’ s common values and ideals to help unite co-ops around the world.
Two-sided flags were previously more common, but have been reduced due to increased costs of manufacturing a flag with two different designs.

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Designs typically incorporated a patriotic red, white, and blue motif, along with an explicit graphic of the American flag.
Hundertwasser's Koru Flag, proposal for a new New Zealand flag | New Zealand national flag based on a Māori people | Maori motif
Its motif was the coat of arms of Finland, surrounded by laurel leaves, on a white flag.
Most of these flags contain the maple leaf motif in some fashion, either by having the Canadian flag charged in the canton, or by including maple leaves in the design.
When the city arms was to be chosen in 1928 a Viking ship became the motif, in the colors of the Swedish flag.
The Austrian flag has been the main motif of many collector coins.
1967 — With an American flag at his side, he wears a bow tie, a pin in the shape of a bow tie with an American flag motif, and two round button badges: " Bomb Hanoi " and " God Bless America / Support Our Boys in Viet Nam.
The Lion of Judah motif figured prominently on the old imperial flag, currency, stamps, etc.
The arrow-shaped part of the Union flag symbolising an aircraft became known as the " Speedjack " motif.
The seal is the central motif in the flag of New Jersey.
A similar motif is found in the flag of the PRK ).
When John Batchelor took over as chairman of the club in 2002, the crest was replaced by one showing the club's new name of " York City Soccer Club " and held a chequered flag motif.
During the 1999 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted in Wales, the opening ceremony used the motif of the dragon several times, though most memorably, the flag was worn on a dress by Welsh singer Shirley Bassey.
According to his idea, the motif of the moon is a kind of homage to the Rising-Sun flag and describes the symbol of amity between Palau and Japan.
The White Tree also appears as a motif upon Gondor's flag and throughout its heraldry combined with the seven stars of the House of Elendil and the crown of the King.
The end zones of Byrd Stadium are often decorated in a Maryland flag motif, and the state flag is run onto the field during almost all the athletic games.
While drawings on shaman's drums were only made in red ( using an extract of the sacred Alder tree ), the motif on the flag uses both blue and red-the first representing the moon, the latter representing the sun.
Bringing the unconscious Trevor to the island, Diana recognized his American flag insignia on his uniform mirrored her own armor's color motif and took this as a sign of where she had to go to begin her fight against Ares.
The standard European blue band has been added on the left side, with the European flag motif ( 12 yellow stars ) and the country code I.
Norway has issued stamps with the same posthorn motif for over a century, changing only the details from time to time as printing technology improves, while the US has placed the flag of the United States into a wide variety of settings since first using it on a stamp in the 1950s.
The pavement was altered to incorporate a larger five pointed star motif as used in the flag of Turkey, to match the existing wall in the form of the crescent moon.

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