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The flag of the Aboriginal People of Australia. Aborigines are the indigenous people of mainland Australia and a few islands, but not The people of Torres Strait Islands – they are a culturally and ethnically distinct people. Aborigines have been on the mainland of Australia for 65,000 years. Before the white Europeans arrived there were…

The flag of the Northern Territories of Australia. Located in the North Central region of Australia. Its largest city is Darwin. It is the ancestral home of the Australian Indigenous people, with most theories stating the Aboriginal people were there for up to 65,000 years. It was not granted ‘responsible government’ by the Australian parliament…

The flag of the Australian non-self governing external territory, Christmas Island. It is located in the Indian Ocean 960 miles from the Australian mainland. It was named in 1643 by the British captain William Mynors who sailed by it on Christmas Day. It has a fascinating and complicated history. It played a significant role in…

The flag of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It is made up of Canberra, the capital of the Nation of Australia and several small townships. Canberra is the home to all of the federal government institutions of Australia. In a sense, ACT is somewhat similar to our Washington DC. ACT was the ancestral home to…

In search of a local cuppa joe we found an amazing local business in downtown Detroit. A group of creative folks ‘repurposed’ a building on Rosa Parks Blvd. They developed a fantastic cafe and meeting space.

The national flag of Australia. It consists of a blue field with what we call the Union Jack in the canton (the upper left, hoist side) this is similar to the British Maritime Ensign. The field is, the proper term is ‘defaced’, with the commonwealth star. The Commonwealth Star is a 7 pointed star denoting…

A truly beautiful flag, the erstwhile (thank you Dictionary.com word of the day) flag of the state of Maine. This was the official Maine Flag from 1901 to 1909. Then, as is true of so many things, the politicians got involved and adopted a truly ugly flag. The flag from 1909 to present has been…

In 1936, President Franklin D Roosevelt declared April 6th ‘Army Day’. It is not to be confused with the ‘birthday’ of the Army, June 14th. Roosevelt stated it was a day to honor and remember the people who served in this branch of service.

Time to get up off the couch and take a walk outside. If you need a jacket, fine, but get moving and see what is around you.

In honor and respect for Officer William Evans of the Capital Police of Washington DC As a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of the victims of the attack at the United States Capitol on Friday, April 2, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the…