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The rose is displayed in the red colour associated with left-wing politics; recent variants display the leaves in green, reflecting the rise of environmental concerns. Its design involves political symbolism drawn from the history of socialism and social democracy , and also alluding to the counterculture of the 1960s .
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The red rose of Lancaster, the heraldic badge of the royal House of Lancaster, in its basic form. The Red Rose of Lancaster (blazoned: a rose gules) was the heraldic badge adopted by the royal House of Lancaster in the 14th century. In the modern era, it symbolises the county of Lancashire.
A red rose is a traditional symbol of Lancashire, and red and yellow are also the livery colours of the county. [2] The flag was designed by the Friends of Real Lancashire , a pressure group which promotes the historic county of Lancashire, [ 3 ] and registered with the Flag Institute , a British charity which promotes vexillology, [ 4 ] in 2008.
The people, divided in their affections, took different symbols of party: the partisans of the house of Lancaster chose the red rose as their mark of distinction; those of York were denominated from the white; and these civil wars were thus known over Europe by the name of the quarrel between the two roses. [3]
The white rose was first adopted as a heraldic badge by Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), the fourth surviving son of King Edward III of England. [2] One of his elder brothers, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399) adopted a red rose as a heraldic badge, the red rose of Lancaster.
The Tudor rose is a combination of the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York. The Tudor rose (sometimes called the Union rose) is the traditional floral heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the House of Tudor, which united the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The Tudor rose consists of five white ...
Red rose – Democratic Socialists of America; Red, white and blue cockade – Democratic-Republican Party; Star – Democratic Party (used on ballots in New York State) Statue of Liberty – Libertarian Party. Also a national symbol; Sunflower – Green Party; also, Republican presidential candidate Alfred Landon of Kansas in 1936