enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Purple Heart - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart

    The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit, was established by George Washington – then the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army – by order from his Newburgh, New York, headquarters on 7 August 1782. The Badge of Military Merit was only awarded to three Revolutionary War soldiers by Washington himself.

  3. List of flags by design - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_by_design

    This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag. Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols.

  4. List of flags containing the color purple - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_containing...

    Purple is one of the least used colors in vexillology and heraldry. Currently, the color appears in only four national flags: that of Dominica, Spain, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, and one co-official national flag, the Wiphala (co-official national flag of Bolivia ). However, it is also present in the flags of several administrative subdivisions ...

  5. List of flags by color - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_by_color

    Flag of the Governor-General of Fiji (1970-1987) Flag of the Kingdom of Fiji (1871-1874) Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Fiji (1871-1874) Royal Standard of Fiji (1871-1874) Flag of the Islamic State of Iraq. Flag of Nunatsiavut. Flag of Santiago Metropolitan Region. Flag of Vancouver Island. Flag of Yukon.

  6. List of flags by color combination - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_by_color...

    This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored.

  7. Georgia's Union City receives Purple Heart designation - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/georgias-union-city-receives...

    The Purple Heart, established by George Washington in 1782 and revived in 1932, is awarded to military personnel wounded or killed while serving. Union City's new status as a Purple Heart City ...

  8. Talk:List of flags containing the color purple - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_flags...

    List of flags containing the color purple is within the scope of the Heraldry and vexillology WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of heraldry and vexillology. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks .

  9. National Purple Heart Hall of Honor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Purple_Heart_Hall...

    The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located along New York State Route 300 in the Town of New Windsor, New York, United States. It is less than two miles south of the Town of Newburgh line and not far from the City of Newburgh. It is a Purple Heart national registry of military personnel that have been injured or killed during combat.