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The New England Acadian flag features a redesigned Flag of Acadia tricolor with blue and white vertical stripes becoming sideways triangles. The flag features the traditional "Star of the Sea" in the blue stripe, and in the white stripe a traditional New England pine. [35] Flag adopted by the New England Governors' Conference
Illustration of the flag, Chase & Sanborn Coffee Company American history booklet, 1898. A flag with a pine tree on it, "a red flag with the cross of St. George in the canton with a green pine tree in the first quarter", was used in New England as early as 1704, and may have flown at Bunker Hill in 1775. It also appeared having a "white field ...
In order to preserve suitable timber for the Royal Navy, the New Hampshire General Court passed an act on May 10, 1708, to preserve all trees in the Province of New Hampshire suitable for masts for use by the Royal Navy. The act replicated a 1691 law in England and declared all pines with diameter greater than 24 inches (61 cm) to be property ...
In use as a flag of New England 1775–present. This Pine Tree Flag variant was the first flag adopted by the State of Massachusetts after independence. In use from 1775–1780 as the state flag, and until 1971 as the official Massachusetts naval flag.
The Modern White Dragon Flag of England is based on a legend in Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the Kings of Britain". [67] In modern times, it is often used by far-right English nationalist organisations. [68] 1620–1707: English Red Ensign: Ensign of the red squadron with the Flag of England in the canton 1620–1702: English White Ensign
The pine tree is a traditional symbol of New England and has been featured on New England flags since at least 1686, notably the Pine Tree Flag, although the White Pine as a symbol probably is derived from Native American usage going back to the Iroquois Tree of the Great Peace which was first used more than 800 years ago.
Prostate cancer has become England’s most common cancer, according to new analysis. Data also suggests there has been a 25% increase in prostate cancer cases between 2019 and 2023.
Beals, Carleton; Our Yankee Heritage: New England's Contribution to American Civilization (1955) online; Conforti, Joseph A. Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century (2001) online; Bushman, Richard L. From Puritan to Yankee: Character and the Social Order in Connecticut, 1690–1765 ...