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What Flag Is That 08.09.2023
Newfoundland, Canada. It is the eastern most Canadian province. It is a place I have visited three times. On my third visit to Newfoundland I did go through the ‘ceremony’ to become an honorary ‘Newfie’. (You must drink at least one swallow of a disgusting concoction called ‘Grog’ and then kiss a Cod fish.). The…
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What Flag Is That 08.08.2023
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 08.07.2023
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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Vets: Do you know about VetTix?
A terrific organization that gives away tickets to all types of events to Veterans and First Responders. Scan the code and check it out. It is free. We have attended a bunch of cool things. Can’t use the scanner – here is the link: https://www.vettix.org/ref/3145407
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What Flag Is That 08.06.2023
The familiar flag of our neighbors to the north: Canada. The flag is a red field with a white square in the middle. Exactly in the middle of the white square is an 11 point red maple leaf. It was designed by George Stanley and Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed it the official flag of Canada…
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What Flag Is That 08.03.2023
The oldest known American Flag: Bedford Massachusetts. Bedford is found in Middlesex County, (the greater Boston Area.) It was ‘founded’ in 1640. Historically the town was given to the Lane Family and included Huckins Farm. Up to this point there were no flags or seals in our young nation’s life. With the Bedford Flag, 47…
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What Flag Is That 08.01.2023
Hanging in our Lanai in our home are in Denver Colorado: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. PR is a Caribbean Island and unincorporated territory of the United States. It is 1,000 miles southeast of Miami Florida. The word Puerto Rico is Spanish for ‘Rich port’. “The Commonwealth is an archipelago among the Greater Antilles located…
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Sunset in Roberts Montana
“The spiritual journey is a constant interplay between moments of awe followed by a process of surrender to that moment. We must first allow ourselves to be captured by the goodness, truth, or beauty of something beyond and outside ourselves. Then we universalize from that moment to the goodness, truth, and beauty of the rest…
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What Flag is that 07.19.2023
Birmingham colloquially known as Brum, is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan…
