When the North enthusiastically rallied behind the national flag after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Lincoln concentrated on the military and political dimensions of the war effort.

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

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.

" Of the Australian national flag, the Australian poet Banjo Paterson wrote in 1893: The English flag may flutter and wave, where the world wide oceans toss, but the flag the Australian dies to save, is the flag of the Southern Cross.

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

While the new ex-colonial states appeared to follow the blueprint of the idealized state-centralized government, territory enclosed by defined borders, and citizenry with defined rights -, as well as accessories such as a national flag, an anthem, a seat at the United Nations and an official economic policy, they were in actuality far weaker than the Western states they were modeled after.

In 1934, after Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. took control of DAT Motorcar Co., the last syllable of Datson was changed to " sun ", because " son " also means " loss " ( 損 ) in Japanese, and also to honour the sun depicted in the national flag, hence the name " Datsun ":.

Danish literature of the 13th and 14th centuries remains quiet about the national flag.

This definition are the absolute proportions for the Danish national flag to this day, for both the civil version of the flag (" Stutflaget "), as well as the merchant flag (" Handelsflaget ").

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 ).

It is mandatory for the flag to be used in every official speech made by the President of the European Council and it is often used at official meetings between the leaders of an EU state and a non-EU state ( the national flag and European flag appearing together ).

While normally the national flag takes precedence over the European flag in the national context, meetings between EU leaders sometimes differ.

In Italy the European Flag must be displayed alongside the national flag in official ceremonies and over public buildings.

Some members also have their own rules regarding the use of the flag alongside their national flag on domestic occasions, for example the obligatory use alongside national flags outside police stations or local government buildings.

National Cheerleading Championships ( NCC ): The NCC is the annual IFC-sanctioned national cheerleading competition in Indonesia organised by the Indonesian Cheerleading Community ( ICC ).

The population of Indonesia according to the 2010 national census is 237. 6 million, with 58 % living on the island of Java, the world's most populous island.

Many other similarities may be found among current national flags, particularly if inversions of color schemes are considered ( e. g., compare the flag of Côte d ' Ivoire to that of Ireland and Indonesia and Poland.

* 1928 – Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung.

It is a severe criminal offense in Indonesia to dishonour the national flag ( known in Indonesian as Sang Saka Merah Putih, " The Red and White ") and its ceremonies, or the national anthem, " Indonesia Raya ".

The Constitution of Indonesia 1945 Chapter XV specifies the flag, official language, coat of arms, and national anthem of Indonesia.

The function of Indonesian language is as the national identity, national pride, and unifying language among diverse Indonesian ethnic groups, and also serves as a communication vehicle among Indonesian provinces and different regional cultures in Indonesia.

The language is used as national official language, the language for education, communication, transaction and trade documentation, used for the development of national culture, science, technology, and mass media in Indonesia.

It has become one of the national symbols of Indonesia.

In Malaysia, the national language is Malaysian ; in Indonesia, it is Indonesian.

Indonesia adopts a more stylistic approach to the Garuda's depiction as its national symbol, where it depicts a Javanese eagle ( being much larger than a kite ).

When Indonesia occupied East Timor between 1975 and 1999, declaring it " the Republic's 27th Province ", the use of Portuguese was banned, and Indonesian was declared the sole official language, but the Roman Catholic Church adopted Tetum as its liturgical language, making it a focus for cultural and national identity.

In Muslim-majority Indonesia, Good Friday is a national holiday.

Although a great supporter of Atlantic cooperation, Luns could also be critical of U. S. foreign policy and in bilateral relations he defended Dutch national interests strongly, as well as expecting American support in the bilateral difficulties with Indonesia.

Israel's national airline El Al does not fly to Singapore as Singapore is located in the region of Indonesia and Malaysia both of which are hostile to Israel and do not allow overflight rights for Israeli aircraft.

* The United Nations uses alphabetical order when flying national flags, including the national flag of Indonesia.

The other, of course, was the Civil War, the conflict which a century ago insured national unity over fragmentation.

less than a score of years later Congress enacted the Employment Act of 1946, by which the national government assumed the responsibility of taking action to insure conditions of maximum employment.

that is, about one-half of one per cent, which looks pretty `` tokenish '' to me, especially in an institution which professes to be `` national ''.

The alternative to this is that if a conservative candidate is nominated the national committee will have to appeal to the trusts for their campaign funds, and in doing this will incur obligations which would make a Democratic victory absolutely fruitless.

According to the original program, Premier Khrushchev expected the millions looking toward the Kremlin this morning to be filled with admiration or rage -- depending upon individual or national politics -- because of the `` bold program for building communism in our time '' which the Congress will adopt.

Thus the government simultaneously undertook the vast burden of social security which had traditionally been privately discharged, and created a national scarcity which has engendered calamitous problems of social security.

A stream which has all of its watershed within a national forest or other lands under good conservation practices is less likely to be affected by pollution than one passing through unrestricted logging or past an industrial area.

Just as the national and state parks place emphasis on features which are of national or state significance, counties should seek out these features which are distinctive of their area.

With a large and circumspect 20th-Century technique, he wove the materials of national heroes and events, national folklore and children's fairy tales -- Slavic dances and love songs -- into a solid musical literature which served his people well, and is providing much enjoyment to the World at large.

We should spread the view that planning and national development are serious matters which call for effort as well as enthusiasm.

Interesting evidence can be found in the results of the Chamber of Commerce elections, which took place three weeks before national elections.

The industry with which this model is concerned is a basic industry, producing a substantial share of gross national product.

Admiralty law, the law merchant, and the host of problems which arise in private litigation because of some contact with a foreign country were all severed from the older Law of Nations and made dependent on the several national laws.

One of Mrs. Kennedy's initial concerns as First Lady was the sad state of the furnishings in a building which is supposed to be a national shrine.

Thus, when Dartmouth's Winter Carnival -- widely recognized as the greatest, wildest, roaringest college weekend anywhere, any time -- was broadcast over a national television hookup, Prexy John Sloan Dickey appeared on the screen in rugged winter garb, topped off by a tam-o'-shanter which he confessed had been acquired from a Smith girl.

It seems to be indispensable to the national self-esteem that the Negro be considered either as a kind of ward ( in which case we are told how many Negroes, comparatively, bought Cadillacs last year and how few, comparatively, were lynched ), or as a victim ( in which case we are promised that he will never vote in our assemblies or go to school with our kids ).

Moreover, prudence alone would indicate that, unless the local customs are already ready to fall when pushed, the results of direct economic action everywhere upon national chain stores will likely be simply to give undue advantage to local and state stores which conform to these customs, leading to greater decentralization and local autonomy within the company, or even ( as the final self-defeat of an unjust application of economic pressure to correct injustice ) to its going out of business in certain sections of the country ( as, for that matter, the Quakers, who once had many meetings in the pre-Civil War South, largely went out of business in that part of the country over the slavery issue, never to recover a large number of southern adherents ).

In any case, anyone who fails to make significant distinction between primary and secondary applications of economic pressure would in principle already have justified that use of economic boycott as a means which broke out a few years ago or was skillfully organized by White Citizens' Councils in the entire state of Mississippi against every local Philco dealer in that state, in protest against a Philco-sponsored program over a national TV network on which was presented a drama showing, it seemed, a `` high yellow gal '' smooching with a white man.