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As you drive around your neighborhood today, you may see a number of versions of the USA Flag being displayed. Other than the ones that are in direct violation of the US Flag Code and have someone’s or something superimposed on it somewhere, you may see some ‘Legit’ versions waving. ‘Old Glory’; ‘The Stars and…

A flag with a fascinating history and story. It is not a flag for a place, like a country or state, it is a flag for a people. This is the modern, or also known as the Canada Acadian Flag. Acadians were the descendants of the French who settled in Acadia in the 17th and…

The Canadian Indigenous Flag. [gelgapota]. The designer, Mulidzas, (Curtis Wilson), of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation near Campbell River, called his now famous creation in 2005 “standing together in support of each other.” The flag with swimming salmon on the sides and orca inside a maple leaf is significant in the wake of discoveries…

Did you know? Canada became a country on July 1, 1867, when the British Parliament passed the British North America Act. However, our beautiful flag wasn’t created until February 15, 1965, almost 100 years later. Until then, we were still flying the Union Jack. John Cabot, (Giovanni Cabo)was the first explorer to reach Canada in…

The State of Oregon. The reason for two pictures is because Oregon is the only state in the US with two different designs, front and back. Oregon was home to Host Nation People for hundreds of years before the white Europeans came to steal the land. Britain and the US bickered and fought over it…

The oldest known American Flag: Bedford Massachusetts. Bedford is found in Middlesex County, (the greater Boston Area.) It was ‘founded’ in 1640. Historically the town was given to the Lane Family and included Huckins Farm. Up to this point there were no flags or seals in our young nation’s life. With the Bedford Flag, 47…

“Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm More than a woman hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm More than a woman” “Now I see, now I know Who she is, more than a woman Modern day, deity, yes she is, more than a woman” “She never walked on water She never turned that water to wine But being round her, made my blind eyes see” “She brought…

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 Host Nation people say, the French added their transliterative ‘ois’ and came up with Illinois. (The Ojibwe…

Hanging in our Lanai in our home in Denver Colorado: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. PR is a Caribbean Island and unincorporated territory of the United States. It is 1,000 miles southeast of Miami Florida. The word Puerto Rico is Spanish for ‘Rich port’. “The Commonwealth is an archipelago among the Greater Antilles located between…

A flag with a fascinating history and story. It is not a flag for a place, like a country or state, it is a flag for a people. This is the, what has become known as the Canada Acadian Flag. Acadians were the descendants of the French who settled in Acadia in the 17th and…