The state flag of Alaska displays eight gold stars, forming the Big Dipper and Polaris, on a dark blue field. The Big Dipper is an asterism in the constellation...
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Alaska's Flag is the state song of Alaska. Unique among state songs, its lyrics explain the symbolism of the Alaskan flag. The lyrics are: Eight stars...
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Eielson Air Force Base and Elmendorf Air Force Base in the State of Alaska. Each Red Flag-Alaska exercise is a multi-service, multi-platform coordinated, combat...
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well. The official state song of Alaska is "Alaska's Flag", which was adopted in 1955; it celebrates the flag of Alaska. The 1983 Disney movie Never Cry...
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(1926) Flag of Alaska (a similar design) Plough flag (a similar design) Otava flag (a similar design) Sunburst flag (another Irish nationalist flag) Higgins...
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2024) Flag of Oklahoma (November 1, 2006) Flag of New Mexico (March 15, 1925) Flag of Arizona (February 27, 1917) Flag of Alaska (May 2, 1927) Flag of Hawaii...
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The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million...
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Benny Benson (category Flag designers)
1972) was an Alaska Native best known for designing the flag of Alaska. Benson was 14 years old when he won a contest in 1927 to design the flag for the Territory...
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Alaska Commercial Company (ACC) is a grocery and retail company which operates stores in rural Alaska, beginning in the early period of Alaska's ownership...
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the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire for $7,200,000 on April 9, 1867, and the United States flag was raised on October 18 of that same year...
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Lists of United States state insignia State of Alaska "Chapter 09. State Seal, Flag, and Emblems", Alaska Statutes, Title 44. State Government, 2018,...
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The city flag of Anchorage, Alaska was adopted by the city of Anchorage in 1973. It is a field of yellow with the seal of the city, which features a blue...
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The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating...
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symbol of the north. Its depiction on the flag of Alaska is a modern example of such symbolism. Ursa Major is visible throughout the year from most of the...
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Sitka in Alaska) in 1818, Captain V.M. Golovnin of the frigate Kamchatka had to decide what to do about official salutes to the fortress' flag. He reasoned...
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rookeries to Alaska's economy. "The Alaska State Seal". State of Alaska. Retrieved 23 October 2021. Alaska portal List of Alaska state symbols Flag of Alaska...
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of flags by color. Each section below contains any flag that has any amount of the color listed for that section. Black flag Flag of Afghanistan Flag...
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Flag of Alabama (February 16, 1895) Flag of Alaska (May 2, 1927) Flag of Arizona (February 27, 1917) Flag of Arkansas (February 26, 1913) Flag of California...
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of financially traded assets Bear Flag Monument dedicated to the Bear Flag revolt Flag of Alaska with Ursa Major (great bear) Flag of Berlin Coat of arms...
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American Flag-Raising Site and now as the Baranof Castle State Historic Site, is a National Historic Landmark and state park in Sitka, Alaska. The hill...
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Alaska Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska, observed on October 18. It is the anniversary of the formal transfer of territories in present-day...
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Cantwell is the western terminus of the Denali Highway. Once an Alaska Railroad flag stop at the junction with the Denali Highway, it was founded off...
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of Nunavut, the flag of the U.S. states of Alaska and Minnesota, and the flag of the U.S. city of Duluth, Minnesota. Flag of Nunavut Flag of Alaska Flag...
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Flag exercises are held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, while up to four more, dubbed Red Flag – Alaska, are held at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska...
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now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups. The name "Alaska" derives from...
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flag of Alaska, showing the Big Dipper and Polaris. Flag of the former unrecognized state of the Italian Regency of Carnaro. The historical coat of arms...
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officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, it...
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national flag of the Russian Federation (Russian: Государственный флаг Российской Федерации, Gosudarstvenny flag Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is a tricolour of three...
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The flag of Louisiana consists of a rectangular field of blue with the arms of Louisiana, a pelican vulning herself, in white in the center, with a ribbon...
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The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted...
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