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What Flag Is That 04.11.2025 (Canada series #4)
The Flag of British Columbia, the western most Canadian province. British Columbia is the 3rd most populous province in Canada. The capital is Victoria and the largest city is Vancouver. (Interestingly Vancouver has the largest Chinese population outside of China). The coat of arms is an interesting design attempting to incorporate a little bit of…
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What flag is that 04.10.2025
April is Autism Awareness Month Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 36 children and 1 in 45 adults in the United States today. Autism looks different for everyone,…
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What Flag Is that 04.09.2025 [Canada series #3]
The second most populous city in Canada. It is the capital of the Quebec Province: Montreal. It is the most bilingual city in Canada with 71% speaking French and 51% speaking both French and English. It was originally ‘founded’ (stolen from First Nation People) in 1642 and dubbed ‘Ville-Marie’, ‘City of Mary’. Montreal comes from…
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What Flag Is That 04.08.2025 [Canada series #2]
The city of Toronto, Ontario Canada. It is the capital of Ontario. Toronto is the most populous city in Canada. It is recognized as the most multicultural and cosmopolitan city in the world. In it’s history it has always been a place where immigrants came and stayed. There are 200 distinct ethnic groups within the…
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What flag is that 04.07.2025 (World Health Day)
“Liberia (/laɪˈbɪəriə/) officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It has a population of around 5.5 million and covers an area of 43,000 square miles (111,369 km2). The official language is English. Over 20 indigenous languages are spoken, reflecting…
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What Flag Is That 04.06.2025
In 1936, President Franklin D Roosevelt declared April 6th ‘Army Day’. It is not to be confused with the ‘birthday’ of the Army, June 14th. Roosevelt stated it was a day to honor and remember the people who served in this branch of service. I was an ROTC student at Eastern Michigan University. I still…
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What Flag Is That 04.05.2025 [Canada series #1]
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…
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What Flag Is That 04.04.2025
The oldest known American Flag: Bedford Massachusetts. Bedford is found in Middlesex County, (the greater Boston Area.) It was ‘founded’ in 1640. Up to this point there were no flags or seals in our young nation’s life. With the Bedford Flag, 47 years before the birth of The United States, the country had it’s inaugural…
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What flag is that 04.03.2025
Buckinghamshire (/ˈbʌkɪŋəmʃər,-ʃɪər/, abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county [A county where a lord-lieutenant is appointed by the monarch to act as the authority) in South East England and one of the home counties. (The term used for the group of counties that neighbor London). It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the east, Greater London to the south-east, Berkshireto the south, and Oxfordshire to the west.…