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Newspaper reports indicate a "native flag" was displayed in public ceremonies alongside the Union Jack when the Prince of Wales visited St. John's in 1860, but that was the Native Flag of "Red, White and Green" rather than the "Pink, White and Green" (sic) since the Star of the Sea Association did not exist until 1871.
In recent years, the "Pink, White and Green" flag has undergone a revival, and has become popular on T-shirts incorrectly referring to it as "the Republic of Newfoundland flag," despite the fact that the flag was never officially recognized as a national or provincial flag, and although Newfoundland was a British Dominion from September 26,1907 ...
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Flag: Flag of Labrador: Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg: 31 March 1974 [14] Predates the introduction of the current provincial flag by six years Anthem: Ode to Labrador: 1927 [13] Written by physician Harry Paddon in 1927 and set to the tune of O Tannenbaum: Bird: Grey jay: Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg: No date [15]
Date: 26 November 2005 (original upload date) Source: File:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador (construction sheet).svg. Author: Original 2005 upload was created by Robert Crosbie and uploaded by Kooma.
If such a campaign did occur, it was explicitly without official sanction after 1769, any such action thereafter being in violation of Governor John Byron's proclamation that "I do strictly enjoin and require all His Majesty's subjects to live in amity and brotherly kindness with the native savages [Beothuk] of the said island of Newfoundland ...
Newfoundland and Labrador's present provincial flag, designed by Newfoundland artist Christopher Pratt, was officially adopted by the legislature on May 28, 1980, and first flown on "Discovery Day" that year. The blue is meant to represent the sea, the white represents snow and ice, the red represents the efforts and struggles of the people ...
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