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What Flag Is That, December 6, 2020
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…
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What Flag Is that, December 5, 2020
The largest state, by area, in the United States: Alaska. The US ‘purchased’ the territory from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million (2 cents per acre). Of course it had been the home of indigenous people for thousands of years. Proportionally it has the highest indigenous population in the country. Alaska is larger than Texas,…
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What Flag Is That, December 4, 2020
The State of Florida. That state that looks like a dongle at the bottom of the contiguous United States. The flag has been rated 34 out of 72 by NAVA. I would personally give it a C-. It breaks the rule of a ‘good flag’ by having the state seal and far too many words.…
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What Flag Is That, December 3, 2020
The Republic of Albania. A country in southeast Europe. It is on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea. It shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east, Greece to the south and maritime borders with Greece, Montenegro and Italy to the west. It…
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What Flag Is That, December 2, 2020
The Kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa. It is an enclaved country (an independent country completely surrounded by another country) – South Africa. It was the British Crown Colony Basutoland until it’s independence in 2006. Lesotho roughly translates as “The land of the people who speak Sesotho”. The current flag was officially adopted upon it’s…
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What Flag Is That, November 24, 2020
The First Nation Peoples of Canada, representing all of the Indigenous people of our neighbor to the north. In 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proclaimed The summer solstice as National Indigenous Peoples Day. The proclamation was in support of reconciliation with Canadian Host Nation people and in agreement with the United Nations resolution in 2007…
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What Flag Is That, November 23, 2020
The state of Oklahoma. The word itself comes from two Choctaw words: okla-humma (Red People). The nickname ‘The Sooner State’ refers to the non-white people who staked claims on the land before the official opening of lands in the Oklahoma Territory. The history of the state is completely involved with the Host Nation People who…
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What Flag Is That, November 21, 2020
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota. One of nine Sioux reservations spreading from northern Nebraska to North Dakota. It was created in 1873 out of land set aside under the treaty of 1868 as the “Great Sioux Reservation”. It is home to the Yanktonai and Hunkpapa Bands of the Teton Sioux. According…
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What Flag Is That, November 20, 2020
The St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians. Original members of the Iroquois League, they are ‘The People of The Flint’ ‘Keepers of the Eastern Door’. They are part of the Akwesane Band. The Tribe spans the boarder of the US and Canada. The are located mostly on the St. Regis reservation. In 1974, 200 Mohawks…
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