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  2. History of flags - Wikipedia

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    The only extant Roman vexillum is dated to the first half of the 3rd century AD and is housed in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. It is an almost square piece of coarse linen cloth with the image of the goddess Victoria. [12] Roman emperors used a banner similar in form called a labarum. It frequently bore upon it a representation of the ...

  3. Lists of flags - Wikipedia

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    Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919. This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people.

  4. Timeline of national flags - Wikipedia

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    The specific problem is: The tables contain many flags that were only ever proposals or are anachronistic. Please help improve this article if you can. ( October 2021 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message )

  5. File:First Flag Raising f, February 1945.jpg - Wikipedia

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  6. Betsy Ross flag - Wikipedia

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    Poster for 1917 film Betsy Ross. Betsy Ross (1752–1836) was an upholsterer in Philadelphia who produced uniforms, tents, and flags for Continental forces. Although her manufacturing contributions are documented, a popular story evolved in which Ross was hired by a group of Founding Fathers to make a new U.S. flag.

  7. Check Out These Cool and Patriotic Facts About the American Flag

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    The image of Buzz Aldrin on the moon with an American flag is one of the most iconic photos in American history. The U.S. planted the first flag on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.

  8. Flag of Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Great Britain, often referred to as the King's Colour, first Union Flag, [1] [2] Union Jack, and British flag, was used at sea from 1606 and more generally from 1707 to 1801. It was the first flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain. [3] [4] It is the precursor to the Union Jack of 1801.

  9. List of sovereign states by date of current flag adoption

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    The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.