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80th Anniversary of D Day 06.06.2024
“June 6, 1944, marks one of the most significant dates in modern history: D-Day. This year, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of this pivotal event. On this day, Allied forces, spearheaded by American, British, and Canadian troops, launched a daring invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France, during World War II. The Strategic Importance of…
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What Flag Is That 06.04.2024
The greatest realm of Men in the West of Middle-earth at the end of the third age: Gondor. J.R.R Tolkien named it Gondor which translates in his fictional language as ‘Land of Stone’. Gondor was founded by the brothers Isildur and Anarion. From a once powerful place it fell into ruins due to allies of…
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What Flag Is That 06.03.2024
The realm just to the north of Gondor. It is known as the ‘Kingdom of The Horsemen’ for its famous cavalry. The flag of Rohan, home to The Rohirrim. Rohan becomes an important ally of Gondor due to their invaluable cavalry support first in the Battle of Hornburg against the Wizard Saruman (not to be…
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What Flag Is That 06.02.2024
The National Women’s Rights Flag. It is closely associated with the Women’s Suffrage Movement of the early 1900s, leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920. The colors began to take shape early in the movement. Purple, White, and Gold became the symbols and appeared on various designs throughout the…
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What Flag Is That 06.01.2024
When I first started collecting flags I decided to fly the flag of the home state of whichever family member’s birthday it was. Today is my girlfriend/wife’s birthday. “The area was first occupied by a succession of Native American tribes over thousands of years. Inhabited by Natives, Métis, and French explorers in the 17th century,…
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What Flag Is That 05.31.2024
The Republic of Kiribati, an independent island nation composed of islands, atolls and coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. Kiribati is another place where despite there being humans there for thousands of years, once England found it to be of strategic importance it well…took it. It was a good port to stop at while in…
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What Flag Is That 05.30.2024
Malaysia. A Federal Constitutional Monarchy in Southeast Asia. Another country colonized first by Portugal, then The Dutch and finally ‘stolen’ by Great Britain. After it gained it’s independence from the English in 1957, it reorganized as The Federation of Malay. The name “Malaysia” is a combination of the word “Malays” and the Latin-Greek suffix “-ia“/”-ία“which…
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What Flag Is That 05.29.2024
The Refugee Nation. A 2015 proposal to begin to solve the global refugee crisis. The United Nations estimates there are 80 Million people who have been displaced from their homes by various situations. The Refugee Nation is the idea to create a new nation to voluntarily resettle the world’s displaced people. Refugee Nation was launched…
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A word about Statistics
A friend sent me this poem. A Word on Statistics (trs. by Joanna Trzeciak) BY WISŁAWA SZYMBORSKA TRANSLATED BY JOANNA TRZECIAK Out of every hundred people those who always know better: fifty-two. Unsure of every step: almost all the rest. Ready to help, if it doesn’t take long: forty-nine. Always good, because they cannot be otherwise: four—well,…
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What Flag Is That 05.28.2024
The Pride Progress flag was designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018. The flag places 5 half sized stripes in an arrow shape to represent Trans and non-binary individuals, marginalized people of color communities as well as those living with AIDS. The arrow shape is placed on top of the traditional rainbow LGBTQ flag on the…
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