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What Flag Is That 07.23.2042
The 29th state admitted into the Union (1846), Iowa. It’s history always involved the fact that it has the richest soil in the world. Prior to the French Europeans coming to claim the land, Host Nation people lived here for 13,000 years. It drives it’s name from the Ioway Tribe . It was considered to…
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Guided by intuition rather than conscious effort: 07.22.2024
A friend of mine bought me a book. He explained that it was something that meant a great deal to him and I might also find it inspiring. “Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to…
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What Flag is that 07.22.2024
A flag the North American Vexillological Association ranks as the number 1 in the USA. The state flag of New Mexico. (In Navajo: Yooto’ Hahoodzo) New Mexico was founded in 1610, long before the US. It is a mountain state that is part of the area called the “Four Corners’, an amazingly magnificent land. Host…
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What Flag Is That 07.21.2024
Basque Country, also known as The Basque Autonomous Community. It is the home of The Basque People. Therefore it is not exactly a country, more of a specific constellation of people. It is located in the Western Pyrenees straddling the boarder between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay The Basque…
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What Flag Is That 07.20.2024
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…
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WHAT FLAG IS THAT 07.19.2024
The Motor City, Motown, Renaissance City, City of the Straits, The D, D-Town, Hockeytown, The Automotive Capital of the World, Rock City, The 313, The Arsenal of Democracy, The Town That Put The World on Wheels, Tigertown, Détroit, Paris of the West. The City of Detroit. The largest city in Michigan. Metro Detroit with a…
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What Flag Is That 07.18.2024
Scotland Football Club. Our granddaughter Haley taught us to love soccer. Everywhere else in the world it is called ‘Football’ . The word ‘soccer’ was most likely derived as an abbreviation for the formal title ‘association football’. “Modern football originated in Britain in the 19th century. Though “folk football” had been played since medieval times…
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What Flag Is That 07.17.2024
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 07.16.2024
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 07.15.2024
The Province of Saskatchewan. It is the only province without a natural boarder. (There is no natural ‘break’ dividing different states, or entities. Nothing like a river or mountain range – making Saskatchewan a large wide open place.) It has 100,000 lakes. It is directly to the north of North Dakota and Montana. As with…
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