Other countries ' armed forces ( such as those of the United States or Switzerland ) use their standard national flag.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Argentina 9, Australia 2, Austria 15, Belgium 9, Brazil 5, Canada 4, Cayman Islands 1, Chile 7, China 39, Croatia 11, Denmark 4, Ecuador 1, Estonia 1, Germany 437, Greece 154, Hong Kong 69, India 5, Indonesia 1, Israel 1, Italy 5, Japan 90, Latvia 20, Man, Isle of 5, Monaco 56, Netherlands 12, New Zealand 1, Nigeria 1, Norway 103, Pakistan 1, Portugal 5, Russia 66, Saudi Arabia 21, Singapore 20, Slovenia 1, South Africa 1, South Korea 10, Spain 2, Sweden 9, Switzerland 17, Taiwan 29, Turkey 3, Ukraine 4, United Arab Emirates 12, United Kingdom 39, United States 113, Uruguay 3, Vietnam 1 ( 2002 est.

This includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 4, Austria 6, Bangladesh 1, Belgium 3, Bulgaria 19, Canada 2, China 16, Croatia 14, Cuba 1, Cyprus 7, Denmark 3, Estonia 5, Finland 1, Germany 54, Greece 627, Hong Kong 12, Iceland 3, India 10, Iran 2, Israel 26, Italy 36, Japan 2, Latvia 24, Lebanon 6, Monaco 29, Netherlands 10, Nigeria 2, Norway 43, Poland 29, Portugal 2, Romania 15, Russia 85, Saudi Arabia 1, Slovenia 2, South Korea 5, Spain 1, Switzerland 54, Syria 4, Turkey 84, Ukraine 25, United Arab Emirates 3, United Kingdom 4, United States 10 ( 2002 est.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 1, India 3, Norway 1, Switzerland 2 ( 2002 est.

Switzerland ( mainly Geneva ) is home to many international governmental and nongovernmental organisations, including the International Committee of the Red Cross ( whose flag is essentially the Swiss flag with colours reversed ).

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.

The flag is one of only two square country flags in the world, the other being the flag of Switzerland.

It is one of the founding cantons of Switzerland ; Switzerland's Standard German name, Schweiz, is derived from the name of the canton, and the flag of Switzerland from its coat of arms.

The flag of Switzerland is derived from the banner of Schwyz.

The flag of Switzerland consists of a red flag with a white cross ( a bold, equilateral cross ) in the centre.

In this context, the solid-red war flag of Schwyz with the addition of the white cross appears much like the later flag of Switzerland.

Final design for the flag used by cantonal troops under federal command ( deployed by the Tagsatzung ) in the Restoration ( Switzerland ) | Restoration period, by Carl Stauffer ( 1841 ).

Officially, the flag remained purely a military ensign until after the foundation of Switzerland as a federal state in 1848.

According to the ICRC the design was based on the Swiss flag by reversing of the colours of that flag, in order to honor Switzerland, where the first Geneva Convention was held.

However, no historic record has been found of an association of the Red Cross emblem with the flag of Switzerland earlier than 1906.

It was accepted as the official Zionist flag at the Second Zionist Congress held in Switzerland in 1898, and the State of Israel later adopted the design as the official flag, upon its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948.

There are 26 modern cantons of Switzerland, each of which has an official flag and coat of arms.

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.

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

In the corner was the soldier with the white flag.

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

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.

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.

On December 30, 1943, during the Japanese occupation, Subhas Chandra Bose, who was controversially allied with the Japanese, first raised the flag of Indian independence.

The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.

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.

This flag was also the battle flag of the Umkhonto we Sizwe.

In 2001, the National Guard unit was designated an official military unit of the Bulgarian army and one of the symbols of state authority, along with the flag, the coat of arms and the national anthem.

A flag was later erected near the spot the ball cleared the back wall, with simply the word " HERE " upon it.

Following the rapid change from a loose formation to a rigid line of battle both fleets raised their colours ; each British ship added additional Union Flags in its rigging in case its main flag was shot away.

U-27 was lying off Nicosians port quarter and firing into it when Baralong appeared on the scene, flying the ensign of the United States as a false flag.

When she was half a mile away, Baralong ran up a signal flag indicating that she was going to rescue Nicosians crew.

U-41 was in the process of sinking SS Urbino with gunfire when Baralong arrived on the scene, flying an American flag.

In his account he described how “ on one side there was a wooden stage with two streamers – Hatuey beer and Bacardí rum – on each end and a Cuban flag in the middle.

The first retired number flag, Ernie Banks ' number 14, was raised on the left field pole, and they have alternated since then.

The exact derivation of the term is unknown, but it has been thought that in early Canadian football, the scoring of a single was signalled with a red flag.

In the Atomic version, a new game play mode was introduced: Duke-Tag, a " capture the flag " style mode.

1704 proposal of a flag for the Union of Crowns, a predecessor of the modern Union Flag ( introduced 1801 ).

The practice of flying flags indicating the country of origin outside of the context of warfare emerges with the maritime flag, introduced during the age of sail, in the early 17th century.

For example, the flag of Denmark was introduced in 1854, based on a 17th century design.

The non-European powers followed the trend in the late 19th century, the flag of Japan being introduced in 1870, that of Qing China in 1890.

Also in the 19th century, most countries of South America introduced a flag as they became independent ( Peru in 1820, Bolivia in 1851, Colombia in 1860, Brazil in 1822, etc.

When the team was renamed the Titans, the club introduced a new logo: A circle with three stars, similar to that found on the flag of Tennessee containing a large " T " with a trail of flames similar to a comet.

However, note that depending on the language and the function, NaNs can silently be removed in expressions that would give a constant result for all other floating-point values e. g. NaN ^ 0, which may be defined as 1, so in general a later test for a set INVALID flag is needed to detect all cases where NaNs are introduced ( see section Function definition below for further details ).

On 19 October 1978 the PDPA government introduced a new flag, a red flag with a yellow seal, and it was similar to the flags of the Soviet Central Asian republics.

The red flag introduced under Taraki was replaced in 1980, shortly after the Soviet intervention, to the more traditional colours black, red and green.

The new emblem, which replaced Daoud's eagle emblem, was introduced together with the flag in 1978.

According to this theory, the Swedish flag was created during the reign of King Charles Knutsson, who also introduced the Coat of arms of Sweden in 1442.

On May 7, 1897, an alternate State flag was introduced.

The Flag law of June 22, 1906 further regulated the use and design of the flag, notably e. g. was a lighter blue colour introduced than was used before.

The flag itself was introduced and hoisted in public at the Indonesian Independence Day ceremony, on 17 August 1945.

On October 5, 2006, MP Michel Wolter introduced a legislative proposition to replace the current red-white-blue national flag with the red lion ensign.

The 1865 Act introduced a UK speed limit of which was then reduced to in rural areas, and in towns by the 1865 Act ( the ' red flag act ').

In 1997, following British Airways ' announcement that it was to remove the Union Flag from its tailfins in favour of world images, Virgin introduced a Union Flag design on the winglets of its aircraft and changed the red dress on the Scarlet Lady on the nose of aircraft to the union flag with the tag line " Britain's Flag Carrier ".

The flag of Newfoundland and Labrador was introduced in 1980, and was designed by Newfoundland artist Christopher Pratt.

It introduced a new livery with a blue bottom, and replaced the Norwegian flag on the tail with an abstract, silver wing, that became the company's new logo.

Muhammad Ali, who became Pasha of Egypt in 1805, introduced the first national flag of Egypt, red with three white crescents, each accompanied by a white star.

Later in 1814 Norway was united with Sweden and in 1815 a common flag for both states was introduced, the Swedish flag with a white cross on a red background in the canton.