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National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
Common design elements of flags include shapes such as stars, stripes, and crosses, layout elements such as including a canton (a rectangle with a distinct design, such as another national flag), and the overall shape of a flag, such as the aspect ratio of a rectangular flag (whether the flag is square or rectangle, and how wide it is) or the ...
From the top and bottom edges are blue-and-yellow stripes. The width of the blue strip equals 1/10 of a flag's total width, and the yellow stripes width equals 1/30 of the flag's width. At the center of the flag is a white falcon on a green background. The falcons height equals 1/2 of the height of the flag. 1999– Flag of Crimea
There have been over 27 American flags!To be more specific: These 27 flags ranged from the years 1777 to 1960. (Hawaii was the last state admitted to the United States in 1959, hence 1960 being ...
An example of a Countryball featuring a Polish Countryball. The flipped flag is intentional. Countryballs, also known as Polandball, [a] is a geopolitical satirical art style, genre, and Internet meme, predominantly used in online comics strips in which countries or political entities are personified as balls [b] with eyes, decorated with their national flags.
The rainbow pride flag underwent another change in 1979 after it was discovered that the center stripe on the seven color flag was blocked by the lamp posts they hung from in San Francisco.
An inverted version of the Flag of Djibouti. 1972-1977: Flag of The African People's League for Independence: Similar to the national flag. 1960-1972: Flag of The Djibouti Liberation Movement: A Green Field with 2 white stripes and a red isosceles triangle at the hoist bearing a golden star in its center. 1972-1977: Flag of The Djibouti ...
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