Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
According to Sékou Touré, first President of Guinea, the three colors of the flag represent the following: red symbolizes the blood of anti-colonialist martyrs, the labor of the working classes, and the wish for progress; yellow represents Guinean gold, as well as the sun, which is "the source of energy, generosity and equality for all men to which he gives light equally"; and green ...
Flag Date Use Description 1890–1958: Flag of The French Third Republic, The Provisional Government of the French Republic and The French Fourth Republic: A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). 1940–1942: Flag of Vichy France: A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the axe and 7 golden stars. 1942–1944 ...
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.
Flag of Scotland (color variation) Flag of Scotland (color variation) Flag of the Church of Scotland; Scottish Union Jack; Flag of the Secwépemc; Flag of Serbia; Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006) Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church; Flag of Sergipe; Flag of Seychelles; Flag of the Shetland Islands; Flag of Sierra Leone; Sikh flag; Flag ...
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 .
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals , coats of arms , and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields.
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 ...
Artigas Flag, cooficial flag of Uruguay and former flag of Liga Federal Aruba Australia [34] [35] [36] Australia (civil ensign) Australia (naval ensign) Australian Capital Territory Ayeyarwady Region Azad Jammu and Kashmir Bali Kingdom Bangladesh (naval ensign) Bangladesh (Air ensign) Banská Bystrica Region Bahamas [37] [38] Bahia