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An American flag older that the ‘Stars and Stripes‘. The continental flag sometimes referred to as The 3rd New England Flag. The story goes it was a flag carried into the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the first stage of the American Revolutionary War.…

The Kingdom of Belgium. A country in Western Europe bordered by The Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest and the North Sea to the northwest. It is divided into three autonomous regions: Flanders in the north, Wallonia in the south and Brussels-Capital region. The flag…

“Officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.  “Colombia is one of the world’s seventeen megadiverse countries; it has the highest level of biodiversity per square…

When we lived inMetro Detroit we discovered the most exciting sports team in the ‘Motor City’. The Detroit City Football Club (DCFC). DCFC is part of the Independent Soccer League and is old fashioned, European style ‘football’ (Soccer to us Americans.) The stadium, Kenworth field in Hamtramck, is a traditional wooden stands, real grass, raucous…

American Samoa. The unincorporated territory in the South Pacific Ocean. There are five main islands and it is the southernmost US territory. Almost the entire population is bilingual speaking English and Samoan. The history of American Samoa includes that unfortunate word: ‘Colonization’. Basically in 1900 the US began to understand the strategic advantage of having…

Today, July 17, is the birthday of the Queen of the United Kingdom/Northern Ireland, Camilla. Camilla Rosemary Shand was born and raised in East Sussex. She is no stranger to the spotlight and controversies. In 1973 she married British Army officer, Andrew Parker Bowles, becoming Camilla Parker Bowles. They divorced in 1995. In 1986, Camilla…

Kent (Ancient Greek: Κάντιον, romanized: Kántion) is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surreyto the west, and Greater London to the north-west. The county has an area of 3,544 square kilometres (1,368 sq mi) and had population of 1,875,893 in 2022, making it the fifth most populous county in England.…

Thank you AEG and VetTix for a wonderful evening at Fiddler’s Green with The Blind Boys of Alabama and Lyle Lovett and his LARGE Band. Bonus:

Wiltshire (/ˈwɪlt.ʃər, -ʃɪr/ abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershireto the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east and south, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west. The largest settlement is Swindon, and Trowbridge is the county town. Undulating chalk down lands characterize much of the county. Downland, chalkland, chalk downs or just downs are areas of open chalkhills, such as the North Downs. This term is used to…