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    The Flag Acts are three laws that sought to define the design of the flag of the United States. All the submitted suggestions were remarkably short, the...
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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 red...
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  • The Locomotive Acts (or Red Flag Acts) were a series of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom regulating the use of mechanically propelled vehicles...
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  • Flag Act, Flag Acts, Flags Act may refer to: Flag Act (Philippines), an act of the Philippine Commission that outlawed the display of Katipunan flags...
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    Flag desecration is the desecration of a flag, violation of flag protocol, or various acts that intentionally destroy, damage, or mutilate a flag in public...
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    Union Jack (redirect from Union flag)
    Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Flag was also used as the official flag of several British colonies...
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    seas, and it subsequently came into use as a national flag following the Treaty of Union and Acts of Union 1707, gaining the status of "the Ensign armorial...
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    the first acts of resistance by the American colonists to British royal authority eventually culminating in the American Revolution. A flag with a pine...
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    The Betsy Ross flag is an early design for the flag of the United States, which is conformant to the Flag Act of 1777 and has red stripes outermost and...
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    March 4, 1861". One of the first acts of the Provisional Confederate Congress was to create the Committee of the Flag and Seal, chaired by William Porcher...
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    The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag. The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801...
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  • instances of the Cross of Vytis appearing in gold, acts as a fringe to the central feature of the flag, which is chosen by the county itself. Most of the...
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    modifications were made to the flag. It was also established that for both the civil flag and the flag used by the State in official acts they should be raised...
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    The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the national flag of the United States of America. It is part of Chapter...
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  • traditional heraldic colours (blue and gold). The current design of the flag acts as reminder of the history of unjust treatment towards Indigenous Australians...
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    The flag of the State of Maryland is the official flag of the U.S. state of Maryland and the 17th-century heraldic banner of arms of Cecil, 2nd Baron Baltimore...
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    Province of Massachusetts Bay after the 1707 Acts of Union. The Flag of Great Britain replaces the English flag in the canton. In use 1708–1775. Variant of...
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    The rainbow flag or pride flag (formerly gay pride flag) is a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements. The colors reflect the diversity of the...
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    The flag of England is the national flag of England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is derived from Saint George's Cross (heraldic blazon:...
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    national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner bearing a crimson-red circle at its center. This flag is officially called the Nisshōki (日章旗, 'flag of...
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    Israeli flag in synagogues, calling it "a reminder of the acts of the evil-doers" and Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum referred to the flag as the "flag of heresy"...
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    Black Flag is an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. Initially called Panic, the band was established by Greg Ginn, the...
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    flag of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: bratach na h-Alba; Scots: Banner o Scotland, also known as St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire) is the national flag of...
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    Acts of Union 1800 joined the Kingdom of Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain, the saltire was added to the British flag to form the Union Flag still...
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    19.1% (i.e. diameter of the star becomes 21.1164%) The design acts as the national flag of Mauritania and is also used in circular form as an aircraft...
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    The Acts of Union 1800 were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and...
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    The national flag of Indonesia is a simple bicolor with two horizontal bands, red (top) and white (bottom) with an overall ratio of 2:3. It was introduced...
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  • longest-used version of the U.S. flag. Flag Acts (United States) Marc Leepson, "Five myths about the American flag", The Washington Post, June 12, 2011...
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    The Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament...
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    The flag of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Ka Hae Hawaiʻi) was first adopted in the early 19th century by the Hawaiian Kingdom and continued to be used after its overthrow...
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