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The flag of the United Nations is a sky blue banner containing the United Nations' emblem in the centre. The emblem on the flag is coloured white; it is a depiction of the world map in the azimuthal equidistant projection (centred on the North Pole and the International Date Line), surrounded by a pair of olive branches.
English: The "Four Freedoms flag" or "United Nations Honor Flag", influenced by Roosevelt's Four Freedoms, and intended to symbolize the WW2 Allies and their goals, as set down in the Atlantic Charter and the Declaration by United Nations. This flag was designed by Brooks Harding in October 1942, and saw some use from 1943 to ca. 1948.
1943 photo of U.S. soldiers flying the U.S. flag and the Honour flag. Brooks B. Harding (1896–1959), an American, [1] made the acquaintance of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in December 1941 by presenting each with a Victory V symbol embossed in leather with the slogan Absolute Victory by delivery at the White House at a time ...
This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons .
Reference: World Flag Encyclopedia: All World and Regional Flags Featuring Honor Flag Development 1942-1947 (published 1948) OCLC 975401. Self-made image, created by combining the two previous images File:Four Freedoms Flag or United Nations Honour Flag ca 1943-1948.svg and File:UN emblem blue.svg.
The flag is also a symbol of exploration. It was planted on the moon during the first landing by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. The flag even has its own day -- each year Americans celebrate flag ...
English: Proposed flag of the United Nations, reconstructed from verbal descriptions.The background color was a "smokey blue" (named "Stettinius blue"), which was not found on any flag; the globe was centered on the US at 100 degrees west longitude, as the US was the host of the UN, and extended only to 40 degrees south latitude, cutting off part of South America and New Zealand, because that ...
These photos from the Star-Telegram show long-gone rides, historic moments and fun memories from the 1960s into into 2010s. ... 1980: At Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2-year-old John Uptmoor ...