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.

* 1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti ( Skenderbeg ).

image: Astronaut Harrison ' Jack ' Schmitt, American Flag, and Earth ( Apollo 17 EVA-1 ). jpg | Harrison Schmitt posed with the American flag and Earth in the background during Apollo 17's first EVA.

Betsy Ross ( January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836 ) is widely credited with making the first American flag.

Research conducted by the National Museum of American History notes that the story of Betsy Ross making the first American flag for General George Washington entered into American consciousness about the time of the 1876 centennial celebrations.

Herald photographer Stanley Forman received two Pulitzer Prizes consecutively in 1976 and 1977, the first being a dramatic shot of a young child falling in mid-air from her mother's arms on the upper stories of a burning apartment building to the waiting arms of firefighters below, and the latter ( known as " The soiling of Old Glory ") being of Ted Landsmark, an African American city official, being beaten with an American flag during Boston's school busing crisis.

Cape Breton Island's first cultural flag, the blue-and-yellow flag dates to the 1940s

Near the end of the first decade of the double-Bills ' guidance, the Cubs won the NL pennant in 1929 and then achieved the unusual feat of winning a pennant every three years, following up the 1929 flag with league titles in 1932, 1935, and 1938.

Fans began honoring Earnhardt by holding three fingers aloft on the third lap of every NASCAR Cup race, and the television coverage of NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on NBC went silent for each third lap from Rockingham to the following year's race there in honor of Earnhardt For the first three weeks after Earnhardt's death, on-track incidents brought out the caution flag on lap three.

* 1775 – The becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag ( the precursor to the Stars and Stripes ); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

Some historians believe that the story by Petrus Olai refers to a source from the first half of the 15th century, making this the oldest reference to the falling flag.

On Europe Day 2008, the flag was flown for the first time above the German Reichstag.

He played a key role in the design of the first American flag.

Hopkinson claimed to have designed the official " first flag " of the United States and sought compensation from Congress.

* 1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.

As state flag it first appeared around 1572 as the Prince's Flag in orange – white – blue.

The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the Union.

Greenland first entertained the idea of a flag of its own in 1973 when five Greenlanders proposed a green, white and blue flag.

The Reichsflotte was the first German Navy to sail under the black-red-gold flag.

File: Astronaut Harrison ' Jack ' Schmitt, American Flag, and Earth ( Apollo 17 EVA-1 ). jpg | Schmitt poses by the American flag, with Earth in the background, during Apollo 17's first EVA.

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.

* 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.

* 1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

On the Danish flag, the cross design, which represents Christianity, was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries ; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Åland Islands and the Faroe Islands, as well as the Scottish archipelagos of Shetland and Orkney.

During the Danish-Norwegian personal union, Dannebrog (" Danish cloth ") was also the flag of Norway and continued to be, with slight modifications, until Norway adopted its current flag in 1821.

The flag is triangular and quartered blue and yellow and was adopted according to EEC Regulation # 1382 / 87 on 20 May 1978.

* 1965 – A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.

As a forerunner of revolution, France's tricolour flag style has been adopted by other nations.

* The flag of Russia, the source for the Pan-Slavic colors red, white and blue, adopted by many Slavic states and peoples as their symbols.

Christiansen's red-and-white flag was officially adopted on 21 June 1985.

* 1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.

* 1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.

* 1861 – The first national flag of the Confederate States of America ( the " Stars and Bars ") is adopted.

* 1865 – The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.

In July 2010, New Caledonia adopted the Kanak flag, alongside the existing French tricolor, as the dual official flags of the territory.

* 1918 – Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

It was only with the emergence of nationalist sentiment from the late 18th century that the desire was felt to display national flags also in civilian contexts, notably the US flag, in origin adopted as a naval ensign in 1777, which after the American Revolution began to be displayed as a generic symbol of the United States, and the French Tricolore which became a symbol of the Republic in the 1790s.

Most countries of Europe adopted a national flag in the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries, often based on older ( medieval ) war flags.

Moldova adopted the Romanian flag during the declaration of independence from the USSR in 1991 ( and was used in various demonstrations and revolts by the population ) and later the Moldovan coat of arms ( which is part of the Romanian coat of arms ) was placed in the center of the flag.

The current flag of South Australia was adopted on 13 January 1904, and is a British blue ensign defaced with the state badge.