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The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
Flag of Rhodesia – Rhodesian exile movement, Nostalgia for Rhodesia, White nationalism, White supremacy, Alt-right politics; Flag of South Vietnam – Vietnamese diaspora, Anti-communism, Vietnamese democracy movement, Vietnamese heritage, Vietnamese ethnic unity, American nationalism; Flag of the Arab Revolt – Pan-Arabism, Arab nationalism
In such cases national flags acquire the status of a political symbol. The flag of Germany, for instance, was a tricolour of black-white-red under the German Empire, inherited from the North German Confederation (1866). The Weimar Republic that followed adopted a black-red-gold tricolour.
The Juneteenth flag, designed by Ben Haith, contains colors and symbols that represent freedom, possibility and opportunity.
In politics, a red flag is predominantly a symbol of left-wing ideologies, including socialism, communism, anarchism, and the labour movement. The originally empty or plain red flag has been associated with left-wing politics since the French Revolution (1789–1799). The red flag and red as a political colour are the oldest symbols of socialism.
Political symbolism is symbolism that is used to represent a political standpoint or party. Political symbols simplify and “summarize” the political structures and practices for which they stand; can connect institutions and beliefs with emotions; can help make a polity or political movement more cohesive. [ 1 ]
The Great Seal very quickly became a popular symbol of the country. It inspired both the flag of North Dakota and that of the US Virgin Islands (adopted in 1911 and 1921, respectively). Combined with the heraldic tradition of artistic freedom so long as the particulars of the blazon are followed, a wide variety of official and unofficial ...
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