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Quincy, Massachusetts, has had an annual Flag Day parade since 1952 and claims that it "is the longest-running parade of its kind" in the U.S. [29] From 1967 to 2017, the largest Flag Day parade was held annually in Troy, New York, which based its parade on the Quincy parade and typically drew 50,000 spectators.
A flag day is a flag-related holiday, a day designated for flying a certain flag (such as a national flag) or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag. Flag days are usually codified in national statutes passed by legislative bodies or parliaments ; however, in some countries a decree or ...
Quincy celebrates its 73rd annual Flag Day Parade on Saturday, June 15.
Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
The red, white, and blue design of the Juneteenth flag may not be quite as iconic as the one emblazoned on the U.S. flag, but for Black Americans, the flag commemorating their emancipation is ...
The Dance of Flags [1] (Hebrew: ריקוד דגלים or ריקודגלים "Rikud Degalim"), or March of Flags (Hebrew: מצעד הדגלים "Mitzad ha’Degalim"), is an annual flag flying parade on Jerusalem Day to celebrate what some Israelis term the "reunification of Jerusalem", but more widely-recognised as the military occupation and annexation of East Jerusalem of the West Bank after ...
Designing the Juneteenth flag was a deliberate process, says creator Ben Haith, who breaks down what each element of the flag represents.
A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation. It is flown by the government of that nation, but can also be flown by its citizens. A national flag is typically designed with specific meanings for its colours and symbols, which may also be used separately from the flag as a symbol of the nation.