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What Flag Is That 06.29.2024
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 06.28.2024. (Boy meets girl)
“Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm More than a woman hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm More than a woman” “Now I see, now I know Who she is, more than a woman Modern day, deity, yes she is, more than a woman” “She never walked on water She never turned that water to wine But being round her, made my blind eyes see” “She brought…
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What Flag Is That 06.27.2024 – on Michael’s birthday
The State of Illinois. A midwestern state, one of the many states we have lived in. The word Illinois most likely was borrowed from the Ojibwe language by French Missionaries. The word irenwe-wa is something they heard the Host Nation people say, the French added their transliterative ‘ois’ and came up with Illinois. (The Ojibwe…
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What Flag Is That 06.26.2024
Hanging in our Lanai in our home 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 between…
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What Flag Is that 06.25.2024
A flag with a fascinating history and story. It is not a flag for a place, like a country or state, it is a flag for a people. This is the, what has become known as the Canada Acadian Flag. Acadians were the descendants of the French who settled in Acadia in the 17th and…
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What Flag is that 06.24.2024
The flag utilizes the red dragon of Wales with the inscription ‘Pride of Wales’ on the bottom. An excellent sports flag
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Why are Canadian Flags at ‘Half Mast’ on June 23?
It is officially known as ‘The Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism.’ Every flag ‘pole’ on government buildings and public are at ‘Half mast’, as mandated by the Federal Government. On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182, boarding in Montreal on its way to London was the victim to an onboard bomb. It…
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What Flag Is That 06.21.2024
When I was in my mid-60s I came to the realization that whenever I would be talking to someone, or attempting to explain something to anyone, I would use a story. Without being conscious of it, it was my voice saying, …’Ya know, I remember one time years ago…’ Upon further reflection, old people do…
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What Flag is That 06.20.2024
The Detroit Rise Flag. People are putting thought into the symbols that represent their cities, states, nation. More than before there is movement in making sure what we put forth to the world to say, ‘This is who we are,’ accurately portrays us. A vital, exciting place to live should have a good flag. Detroit…
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What Flag Is That 06.19.2024
The flag commentating Juneteenth. Also known as ‘Freedom Day’; ‘Jubilee Day’; ‘Liberation Day’ and ‘Emancipation Day.’ It is the longest running African American Holiday in the country. It has gained the title “America’s Second Independence Day. Two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and some time after the Civil War…
