FLAGS of the United StatesNATIONAL emblemsORGANIZATIONAL citizenship behavior"Follow the Flag: A History of the U.S. Colonial Empire" by Alvita Akiboh explores the use of flags, stamps, and currency as symbols of U.S. sovereignty in territories like Puerto Rico, the Philippines, ...
National flag consisting of white stars (50 since July 4, 1960) on a blue canton with a field of 13 alternating stripes, 7 red and 6 white. The 50 stars stand for the 50 states of the union, and the 13 stripes stand for the original 13 states. The flag’
Red, white, and blue flag in which are combined the Crosses of St. George (England), St. Andrew (Scotland), and St. Patrick (Ireland). Initially the Union Flag was called a jack only when it was flown at the bowsprit of British naval vessels, but it was
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The flag of the United Arab Emirates has long been a source of great pride for Emiratis. Each of the seven Emirates flags is interchangeably used with the federal flag. An emirate is a historical example of a political-religious entity or territory. The national flag of the United Arab Emira...
In addition to the inherent interest of this strange tale, the book is also a nice introduction to a period when Mexico—which had been the centre of the Spanish empire in the Americas for three centuries—became independent but also lost ground to the emerging power of the United States. ...
United States History 1876-1900 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System, immigration
TheGreatSealwasfirstusedpubliclyin1782.ThedesignontheobverseofthegreatsealisthenationalcoatofarmsoftheUnitedStates.ItisofficiallyusedondocumentssuchasUnitedStatespassports,militaryinsignia,embassyplacards,andvariousflags.
And finally, we get to the insignia which consist of the ship’s flags to identify the country it’s from, its type, and communicate messages with other ships through some kind of flag code. The Guns: Bar Shot- an iron bar with a half-sphere from each end. Fired from a cannon to ...
The representatives of the nobility from every voivodship of Poland-Lithuania with their local clothes and emblems. Polish (left) and Lithuanian (right) flags crown the central tent. Anonymous painting of 18th century. Culturally Lithuania survived the reformation as a Catholic country (but minorities...