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What Flag Is That 11.05.2025 First Americans Heritage Month #4
The Choctaw Nation. The Choctaw Nation (Choctaw: Chahta Yakni) is a Native American territory covering about 6,952,960 acres (28,138 km2; 10,864 sq mi), occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States and the second-largest Indian reservation in area after the Navajo.…
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What Flag Is That 11.04.2025
The dominate Indigenous Tribe of the Great Plains: The Comanche Nation. At one time they controlled large parts of Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas in what they referred to as: Comancheria. Therefore they were know as ‘The Lords of The Southern Plains’. Today they are headquartered in Lawton Oklahoma. (They were one of…
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What flag is that 11.03.2025 Culture Day
Today, November 3, is Culture Day in Japan. It is interesting to find out what countries consider to be important enough to declare a National Holiday. Culture Day (文化の日, Bunka no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held annually on November 3 to promote culture, the arts, and academic endeavour. Festivities typically include art exhibitions, parades, and award ceremonies for distinguished artists and scholars. Culture Day…
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What Flag Is That 11.02.2025 Native American Heritage Month #2
The Eastern Band of The Cherokee Nation, located on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. They are direct descendants of the small group of 800 Cherokee who remained after the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Eastern Band Of Cherokees is one of three Cherokee Tribes. The other two, The Cherokee Nation and The…
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What Flag Is That 11.01.2025 First Americans Heritage Month
On August 3, 1990, President of the United StatesGeorge H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month. The bill read in part that “The President has authorized and requested to call upon Federal, State and local Governments, groups and organizations and the people of the United States to observe such month…
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What flag is that. 10.31.2025 Reformation Day
Slovenia, country in central Europe that was part of Yugoslavia for most of the 20th century. Slovenia is a small but topographically diverse country made up of portions of four major European geographic landscapes—the European Alps, the karstic Dinaric Alps, the Pannonian and Danubian lowlands and hills, and the Mediterranean coast. Easily accessible mountain passes (now superseded by tunnels) through Slovenia’s present-day territory have long…
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What flag is that 10.30.2025
The Straw Hat Pirates’ Jolly Roger is a pirate flag predominantly featured in the Japanese One Piece manga and its franchise, wherein it is used to identify the Straw Hat Pirates, the pirate crew featuring the series’ protagonists, who often fight for liberation of oppressed people. It has become a symbol for youth-led protest movements globally such as the August 2025 Indonesian…
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What Flag is that 10.29.2025 Republic Day
Turkey, a country that occupies a unique geographic position, lying partly in Asia and partly in Europe. Throughout its history it has acted as both a barrier and a bridge between the two continents. Turkey is situated at the crossroads of the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, and eastern Mediterranean. It is among the larger countries of the region in terms of territory and population, and its land area…
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What flag is that 10.28.2025 Ohi Day
I realize the Flag of Greece appears often in my posts. Today, October 28 is a special day for Greek people everywhere. It is known as ‘Ohi Day’. “Ohi Day commemorates the rejection by the Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on 28 October 1940 and the subsequent Hellenic counterattack against the invading…
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What Flag is that 10.27.2025 Independence Day
“Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, island country lying within the Lesser Antilles, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It consists of the island of Saint Vincent and the northern Grenadine Islands, which stretch southward toward Grenada. The island of Saint Vincent lies about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Saint Lucia and 100 miles (160 km) west of Barbados. It is 18 miles (30 km) long and…
