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On June 14, 1923 the US Flag Code was created. It was meant to be the rules for appropriate flag etiquette. On June 22, 1942 Congress officially adopted it. On March 1, 1954 President Eisenhower clarified and reinforced the proper rules of flying the American flag at half staff upon the death of certain officials,…

“Greenland, the world’s largest island, lying in the North Atlantic Ocean. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) is noted for its vast tundra and immense glaciers. Although Greenland remains part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the island’s home-rule government is responsible for most domestic affairs. The Greenlandic people are primarily Inuit who, depending upon the region they are from, call themselves Kalaallit (West Greenlanders), Inugguit…

The National Women’s Rights Flag. It is closely associated with the Women’s Suffrage Movement of the early 1900s, leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920. The colors began to take shape early in the movement. Purple, White, and Gold became the symbols and appeared on various designs throughout the…

Bedfordshire (/ˈbɛdfərdʃɪər,-ʃər/; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Luton(225,262),and Bedford is the county town. The first recorded use of the name in 1011 was “Bedanfordscir“, meaning the shire or county of Bedford, which itself means “Beda’s ford” (river crossing).…

“Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, also called “continental Denmark” or “Denmark proper”, consists of the northern Jutlandpeninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the  Scandinavian countries, lying…

The flag that has become known as ‘The Star Spangled Banner’. It is most likely close to the original flag that Betsy Ross finally completed. Our flag has been changed 27 times since its first ideation. It has been the official flag for 61 years. *It was designed by a musician who wrote satirical songs,…

The Royal Banner of Scotland. Also called the Red Rampant Lion Flag. It represents the Royal (Monarchy) Family of Scotland. Scotland is a country within the United Kingdom, covering the northern third of Great Britain. It is a difficult concept for us in the US to think about a country within a country. The name…

The State of Illinois. A midwestern state, one of the many states we have lived in. The word Illinois most likely was borrowed from the Ojibwe language by French Missionaries. The word irenwe-wa is something they heard the Indigenous people say, the French added their transliterative ‘ois’ and came up with Illinois. (The Ojibwe word…

The Republic of Kiribati, an independent island nation composed of islands, atolls and coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. Kiribati is another place where despite there being humans there for thousands of years, once England found it to be of strategic importance it well…took it. It was a good port to stop at while in…