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The flag of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) consists of a dark blue field charged with a white compass rose emblem, with four white lines radiating from the four cardinal directions. Adopted three years after the creation of NATO, it has been the flag of NATO since October 14, 1953. The blue color symbolizes the Atlantic Ocean, while ...
The flag used to represent Yorkshire is a White Rose of York on a blue background. The design dates from the 1960s. [1][2] The flag was registered by the Flag Institute on 29 July 2008 at the request of the Yorkshire Ridings Society. [2][3] The design registered by the YRS was one of three rival flag designs for Yorkshire. [4] Yorkshire.
While France does not have an official national flower, the fleur-de-lis, which was a symbol of the royal family, as well as the cornflower (blue), marguerite (white), and red poppy, which together represent the tri-colored national flag, are also generally treated as French national flowers. [citation needed]
The rose is England's national flower. A Tudor rose [10] is officially used, signifying the unification of the warring parties of the Wars of the Roses under the Tudor dynasty. The red rose representing The House of Lancaster, the White, the House of York. A red rose is often substituted, & is used, for instance, in the emblems of the English ...
The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), [pron 1] is a common heraldic charge in the shape of a lily (in French, fleur and lis mean 'flower' and 'lily' respectively). Most notably, the fleur-de-lis is depicted on the traditional coat of arms of France that was used from the High Middle Ages until the ...
The symbolism of the white rose has religious connotations as it represents (like the white lily) the purity of the Virgin Mary, one of whose many titles in the Roman Catholic faith is the Mystical Rose of Heaven. [2] In Christian liturgical iconography, white is the symbol of light, typifying innocence, purity, joy and glory. [3]
The national flag of France (drapeau national de la France) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. The design was adopted after the French Revolution, whose revolutionaries were influenced by the horizontally striped red-white-blue flag of the Netherlands. [2][3] While not the first tricolour ...
Flag of Quebec. The flag of Quebec (drapeau du Québec), called the Fleurdelisé in French, represents the Canadian province of Quebec. It consists of a white cross on a blue background, with four white fleurs-de-lis. [2] It was the first provincial flag officially adopted in Canada and was originally shown on January 21, 1948, at the ...