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Back when we lived in California we decided to take advantage of the amazing National Parks located in the state. We visited Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks and stayed in a fantastic Bed and Breakfast outside of Woodland. While exploring the little town we came across some marvelous murals depicting the rich cultural history…

An excellent example of the process of flag redesign: ‘The Peoples Milwaukee Flag’. Individuals decided that the flag of the city of Milwaukee needed a radical ‘do-over’. They went about designing a modern good flag for the city. In 1954 the city adopted the city flag. They threw everything they could think of onto a…

The Republic of Madagascar, previously known as The Malagasy Republic. It is an island country off of the bottom coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. It is the second largest island country in the world. There has been human activity on Madagascar for thousands of years. Various European ‘explorers’ bumped into Madagascar with the…

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Known as the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean.’ Located at the bottom of the continent of India, due to it’s unique location it has always been a major trading hub. It is on the ‘Maritime Silk Road’. Human settlements have been found dating back 125,000 years. It is…

The Republic Of Fiji, an island country in the Melanesia part of Oceania in the South Pacific. It is composed of an archipelago of 330 islands, 110 of which are inhabited. The indigenous people are the Austronesians then Melanesians with some Polynesian influence. Family clans or tribes ruled various islands for most of the early…

The State flag of New Jersey. The mid-Atlantic state that was one of the original 13 colonies to rebel against the crown. So much of the Revolutionary War was fought in New Jersey it became known as ‘The Cross Roads of The Revolution’. The Host Nation people who lived there were the Lenape before they…

An island country in the Lesser Antilles: Curacao. It is not independent, but is a ‘constituent country’ in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The name Curaçao derives from the Spanish map that referred to the people who lived there as ‘Indios Caqueto’. With a lower case ‘c’ Curaçao is a cordial flavored with the peel…

The state of New York. Another state flag that could be described as a blue bedsheet with the state seal slapped on the middle. The flag was adopted in 1901. The coat of arms was adopted in 1778. Due to the history of the coat of arms and it’s design (busy but distinct) I would…

The Republic of Kenya. A country in Eastern Africa. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. The country was colonized by various European nations before gaining it’s independence in 1963.…

The Commonwealth of Dominica. [Not to be confused with The Dominican Republic]. It is an island country in the Caribbean. It’s ‘nickname’ is ‘Nature Isle of the Caribbean’ for it’s lush vegetation and rare plants and animals. It was formed by geothermal volcanic activity. It contains the second largest hot spring in the world called…