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A fun fiction flag: The Vulcan Flag from the TV/Movies program, Star Trek “Out of the many races and cultures present within the Star Trek universe, one of the most stable and memorable has to be the Vulcans. Sure, the hive-minded Borg and the honor-bound, forehead ridged Klingons play important roles throughout the franchise, but it is the steady…

A fun fictional flag, The United Federation of Planets. The planetary government agency that launched the most famous vehicle of Starfleet: The Enterprise. Onboard this interstellar ship was Captain James T Kirk and his Chief Science Officer: The Vulcan, Mr. Spock. Star Trek, American television science-fiction series that ran on NBC for only three seasons (1966–69) but that became…

The Refugee Nation. A 2015 proposal to begin to solve the global refugee crisis. The United Nations estimates there are 122.6 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, of which 43.7 million are refugees. The number sadly continues to grow. The number of refugees has actually tripled over the last decade. The Refugee Nation is an idea…

The Co-operative Republic of Guyana. A country on the northern mainland of South America the capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east. Both Christopher Columbus and Sir Walter Raleigh visited Guyana. There are…

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, established in 1885 commonly known as CAL FIRE, is the state fire department responsible for protecting over 31 million acres of California’s privately-owned wildlands. In addition to wildfire suppression and prevention, CAL FIRE provides various emergency services in 36 of the state’s 58 counties through contracts with…

The greatest realm of Men in the West of Middle-earth at the end of the third age: Gondor. J.R.R Tolkien named it Gondor which translates in his fictional language as ‘Land of Stone’. Gondor was founded by the brothers Isildur and Anarion. From a once powerful place it fell into ruins due to allies of…

The realm just to the north of Gondor. It is known as the ‘Kingdom of The Horsemen’ for its famous cavalry. The flag of Rohan, home to The Rohirrim. Rohan becomes an important ally of Gondor due to their invaluable cavalry support first in the Battle of Hornburg against the Wizard Saruman (not to be…

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…