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Coming back to our ‘home state’ of Michigan we decided to do some advance ‘leaf peeping’ this fall by going to the Upper Peninsula during peak time. (Here in Michigan it is lovingly called ‘Da UP’. And people who live there are called ‘Yoopers’.) One day we were in Copper Harbor which is on the…

The island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the Caribbean region. It is just to the east of St Lucia. Barbados. It is the home of the Kalinago people since the 13th century. The word Barbados is translated from a few different languages as: ‘Bearded Ones’. Like so many islands Barbados…

The ‘true’ flag of the people of Hawaii?? There is much controversy surrounding this flag that has been adopted by the ‘Sovereign People’s Movement’ in the islands. Like so many, not exactly ‘urban myths’, this flag has a number of theories and repeated stories about how it came to be. One prominent idea that is…

Considered to be one of the oldest flags in the world: Austria. It is a land locked country in Central Europe with a rich history and an important place in world events for it’s entire existence. The flag has been the representation of the country since 1230. It consists of 3 horizontal bands of red,…

In support of Indigenous (Host Nation) Peoples Day: The flag of The American Indian Movement. I do wonder when we as a nation will face real honest history and admit and confess what people who were convinced of ‘manifest destiny’ did to the people who were here in the first place. How can you ‘discover’…

The newest state in the Union: Hawaii. It is the only state outside of North America. It consists of 137 volcanic islands in the South Pacific. Hawaii is the 8th smallest state and the 13th most densely populated. It was settled in approximately 124 AD by Polynesians. It was admitted as a state on 08/21/1959.…

The western state of Colorado. Host Nation people have lived here for 13,000 years. It was named by Spanish ‘explorers’ Colorado after the Rio Colorado River (The red River). It became a state of August 1, 1876. The flag is a bicolor horizontal triband composed of blue (the blue skies), white (the snow capped mountains)…

The flag of the County of Norfolk in England. It is the top tier of government of Norfolk County, of which Norwich is the main city. The flag is a bi-color, gold and black field with a white ‘bend’ bearing 9 black ermine spots in alternating pairs of singles and doubles. (Yes Ermine – the…

The capital of West Flanders: Bruges. It is the largest province of West Flanders in the Flemish region of Belgium. The city center is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is known as the ‘Venice of the North’ because it is a city of canals. The flag was officially adopted on October 26, 1982. It…

Today, October 1, is the ‘birthday’ of Yosemite National Park. The United States Congress established Yosemite as one of the first National Parks in 1890. At the moment there are restrictions to visiting the park, once those are eased, you must take Yosemite out of your bucket list and see it for yourself. The word…