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The ensign of the United States is the flag of the United States when worn as an ensign (a type of maritime flag identifying nationality, usually flown from the stern of a ship or boat, or from an installation or facility of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard or the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration ashore). [1]
This flag, like the union jack, appears to be the canton or upper corner of the Revenue cutter ensign. [1] An illustration in 1917 shows the Coast Guard standard as a white flag with a blue eagle and 13 stars in a semicircle surrounding it. Later, the words, "United States Coast Guard-- Semper Paratus" were added. [1]
The form of a Spanish Armed Forces ceremony of presentation of colours is known as the Ceremonia de Entrega de la Enseña Nacional (National Ensign Delivery Ceremony) or Ceremonia de Entrega de la Bandera Nacional (National Flag Delivery Ceremony).
The Red Ensign, as currently used by the United Kingdom's Merchant Navy. The ensign is the national identification of a ship and hoisted up in a national flag world-wide. . They are required to be worn when entering and leaving harbour, when sailing through foreign waters, and when the ship is signalled to do so by a war
An earlier version of the American flag's current design was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, though the date wouldn't be celebrated until a hundred years later.
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.
U.S. first lady Jill Biden attended a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO in Paris on Tuesday, marking Washington's official reentry into the U.N. agency after a controversial five-year hiatus. The ...
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