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Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919 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.
On the death of former Cabinet minister Jek Yeun Thong, who died on 3 June 2018, state flags at all government buildings were flown at half-mast on 7 June 2018; [103] On the death of former head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September 2022, state flags at all government buildings were flown at half-mast on 19 September 2022; [104 ...
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.
A triband is a type of flag which consists of three stripes arranged to form a flag. These stripes may be two or three colours, and may have an emblem in the middle stripe. [1] All tricolour flags are tribands, but not all tribands are tricolour flags, which requires three unique colours.
See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags Main article ...
This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols.
Flag of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, first designed in the 1930s. For Ahmadi Muslims, it symbolizes the advent of the Mahdi. Chetnik flag inscription reads: "For king and fatherland; freedom or death". The Jolly Roger, or skull and crossbones, is flown to identify a ship's crew as pirates about to attack. The flag most commonly identified as ...
The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.