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Ribbon Color First use Author Meanings Pink ribbon: October 1992 [1] Alexandra Penney for Self and Evelyn Lauder [2] Breast cancer awareness [2] Red ribbon? Heart disease [3] [4] 1985 Duncan Hunter and Henry Lozano's Camanera Clubs: Substance-abuse awareness [4] including tobacco, alcohol and drugs (Red Ribbon Week is commonly held in American ...
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The tricolor cockade became the official symbol of the revolution in 1792, with the three colors now said to represent the three estates of French society: the clergy (blue), the nobility (white) and the third estate (red). [2] The use of the three colors spread, and a law of 15 February 1794 made them the colors of the French national flag. [4]
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The various blue, white, and red striped banners were adopted, somewhat changing the order and position of stripes (vertical and horizontal). The Russian flag was adopted by Peter the Great on the basis of the Dutch flag, during his effort to build a Western-oriented navy.
The year 1992 was declared by The New York Times as "The Year of the Ribbon." Today the red ribbon is an internationally recognized symbol of AIDS awareness and a design icon. It has led the way for many other color ribbons and awareness projects. The Unicode character standard has a "reminder ribbon" character (🎗️) at code point U+1F397. [5]
Bunting textile was originally a specific type of lightweight worsted wool fabric generically known as tammy, [8] manufactured from the turn of the 17th century, [9] and used for making ribbons [10] and flags, [11] including signal flags for the Royal Navy.
The main coat of arms is a checkerboard made up out of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields. It is commonly known as šahovnica ("chessboard" in Croatian) or grb (literally "coat of arms"). The five smaller shields represent five historical regions of Croatia: Croatia proper , Dubrovnik , Dalmatia , Istria , and Slavonia .