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Flag of Liberia The Liberian flag bears close resemblance to the flag of the United States, showing the ex–American slave origins of the country. The Liberian flag has similar red and white stripes, as well as a blue square with a white star in the corner.
Flag of Libya The flag of Libya (adopted on November 11, 1977) consists of a simple green field with no other characteristics. It is the only national flag in the world with just one color and no design, insignia, or other details.
Flag of Liechtenstein The flag of Liechtenstein consists of two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a gold Duke crown on the hoist side of the blue band. The colors likely derive from the livery colors of the Principality's royal household in the 18th century.
Flag of Louisiana The flag of Louisiana consists of a heraldic charge called a "pelican in her piety," representing a mother pelican wounding her breast to feed her young from the blood. This symbol, emblematic of Christian charity (and also the Official State Bird, the Brown pelican), is also found on the Louisiana state seal.
Flag of Louisville, Kentucky The Municipal Flag of Louisville consists of a golden fleur-de-lis with two stars surrounded by the circular words, Louisville * Jefferson County METRO on a blue blackground. The year 1778 is also centrally located, signifying the city's founding.
Flag of Macau The flag of Macau is light green with a lotus flower above the stylized Nobre Governador Carvalho Bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller.
Flag of Malaysia The flag of Malaysia, or known as Jalur Gemilang ("Stripes of Glory") comprises a field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star known as the Bintang Persekutuan or Federal Star. The 14 stripes, of equal width, represent the equal status in the federation of the 13 member states and the federal government, while the 14 points of the star represent the unity between these entities.
Flag of Malta The Flag of Malta is a basic bi-colour, with white in the hoist and red in the fly: the banner of the arms of Malta. Tradition states that the colours of the flag were given to Malta by Count Roger of Sicily, in 1091; however, this claim is only a legend developed through time.
Flag of Manitoba The Flag of Manitoba is a variation of the Red Ensign which bears the shield of the provincial coat of arms. This flag was approved by the passage of a bill in the Manitoba Legislative Assembly on May 11, 1965.
Flag of Martinique The snake flag of Martinique has no official status on the island. It is a historical flag dating from an edict issued 4 August 1766, specifying that vessels of the French Colony of Martinique and Saint Lucia should fly a version of the French ensign, which at the time was a white cross on a blue field, with L-shaped (for Lucia) snakes in each quarter of the cross.
Flag of Massachusetts The flag of Massachusetts displays, on both sides, the state coat of arms centered on a white field. The shield depicts an Algonquin Native American with bow and arrow; the arrow is pointed downward, signifying peace.
Flag of Mexico The Flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence.
Flag of Moldova The national flag of Moldova is a vertical tricolor of blue, yellow, and red, charged with the coat of arms of Moldova (an eagle holding a shield charged with an aurochs) on the center bar on the obverse side only. The flag ratio is 1:2 flags.
Flag of Monaco The national flag of Monaco has two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; it is similar to the flag of Indonesia, which is longer, and the flag of Poland, which is white (top) and red. Red and white have been the heraldic colors of the House of Grimaldi since 1339 at least, but the design of the flag has changed with time.
Flag of Nashville, Tennessee The flag of Nashville, Tennessee consists of the city's seal on a white disc surrounded by a field of blue, with a strip of gold on the fly. According to the resolution adopting the flag, the blue stands for the courage and conviction of the city's leaders throughout history, while the gold denotes the richness of city's land and resources.
Flag of Navassa Island The unofficial flag of Navassa Island was designed for and first flown at a World War II memorial tribute at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 2001. It is a white and blue horizontal bicolor, with a profile of the island (and its landmark lighthouse, with exaggerated size) in the white band.
Flag of Nazi Germany The flag of Nazi Germany came into use initially as the banner of the NSDAP after its foundation. Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, the flag was used jointly as the national flag of Nazi Germany along with the old black-white-red horizontal tricolour of the German Empire.
Flag of Nepal The national flag of Nepal is the only non-quadrangular national flag, and one of only two non-rectangular official jurisdictional flags in the world (the other is the flag of Ohio). It is also one of only three national flags whose shape is not of a rectangle with unequal sides (the other two being Switzerland and Vatican City, which are square).
Flag of Nevada The flag of Nevada consists of a blue field with a star in the upper left hand corner, surrounded by the state name "Nevada." Above this is a ribbon with the words "Battle Born," indicating that Nevada became a state during the American Civil War.
Flag of New Caledonia The only flag in official use in New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France, is the French tricolour. A flag in fairly widespread unofficial use, however, is the flag of the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), a political party favoring independence for New Caledonia.
Flag of New Jersey The flag of New Jersey includes the emblem from the official seal of New Jersey on a buff-colored background. According to the minutes of the New Jersey General Assembly for March 11, 1896, the buff color is due indirectly to George Washington, who had ordered on October 2, 1779, that the uniform coats of the New Jersey Continental Line be dark (Jersey) blue, with buff facings.
Flag of New York City The official Flag of the City of New York is designed to bear the same colors (orange, white, and blue) as the flag of the United Netherlands used in 1625, the year New Amsterdam was settled on the island of Manhattan. Located in the center is a blue print of the official Seal of New York City.
Flag of New Zealand The Flag of New Zealand is a defaced blue ensign with the Union Flag in the canton, and four red stars with white borders to the right. The stars represent the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross, as seen from New Zealand.
Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador The flag of Newfoundland and Labrador was introduced in 1980, and was designed by Newfoundland artist Christopher Pratt. The flag design, with the proportions 2:1, was approved by the House of Assembly of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on May 28, 1980.
Flag of Niger Prior to independence from French West Africa, the flag of Niger was adapted. The upper orange band represents the northern regions of the Sahara Desert, the center white band represents purity, and the lower green band represents both hope and the fertile regions of southern Niger.
Flag of North Dakota The design for the flag of North Dakota is an almost exact copy of the unit banner carried by the state's troop contingent in the Philippine-American War. It was adopted by the North Dakota legislature on March 3, 1911, although the color was not precisely specified at that time.
Flag of North Korea The Flag of North Korea was adopted on September 8, 1948, as the national flag and ensign. The famous red star of Communism can be seen on this flag on a white disk, which may relate to the yin yang symbol, which is a symbol used in Korean culture.
Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland has not had its own unique government sanctioned flag since 1972, when its government was prorogued. Due to the division of the population along ethnic, religious and political lines, a wide variety of flags can be seen flying from lampposts and private houses across Northern Ireland.
Flag of Norway The flag of Norway is red with a blue Scandinavian cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark. The proportions of the national flag are 22:16 (width to height), its colour elements having a width of 6:1:2:1:12 and a height of 6:1:2:1:6.
Flag of Nunatsiavut The flag of Nunatsiavut is the flag adopted by the Labrador Inuit Association to represent the Inuit of Labrador and their Land Claims Settlement Area called Nunatsiavut. The flag features the traditional Inuit Inukshuk coloured white, blue, and green, echoing the flag of Labrador.
Flag of Ohio The flag of Ohio was adopted in 1902 and designed by John Eisemann, for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. The large blue triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys, and the stripes represent roads and waterways.
Flag of Oman The national flag of Oman consists of three stripes (white, green and red) with a red bar on the left that contains the national emblem of Oman. The white stands for peace and prosperity, the green for fertility and the Green Mountains, and the red for battles against foreign invaders.
Flag of Ontario The current Flag of Ontario was proclaimed the official flag of the Canadian province of Ontario by the Flag Act on May 21, 1965. The flag is a defaced Red Ensign, with the Union Flag in the upper left corner and the Ontario shield of arms in the fly.
Flag of Oregon The flag of Oregon is a blue field on which are placed, on the obverse, the Seal of Oregon (supported by thirty-three stars, representing its order in joining the United States); the words "STATE OF OREGON" above; and the year of statehood, 1859, below. On the reverse is placed a figure of a beaver, the state animal.
Flag of Ottawa The flag of Ottawa is highlighted by a stylised O design, sometimes referred to as a 'toilet' flush. The stylised O is meant to represent both a maple leaf (symbolising Canada) and the Peace Tower and Centre Block of the parliament buildings (symbolising Ottawa).
Flag of Paraguay The flag of Paraguay (Spanish: Bandera de Paraguay) is the official flag of the South American republic of Paraguay. It is unique among national flags in having different emblems on its obverse and reverse sides.
Flag of Pennsylvania The flag of Pennsylvania consists of a blue field on which is embroidered the state coat of arms surrounded by draft horses on both sides, and a bald eagle, which represents the new nation, above. The state coat of arms includes a ship under full sail, a plow, and three sheaves of wheat indicating the significance of commerce, labor, perseverance and agriculture to the state.
Flag of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The flag of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consists of three vertical stripes (blue, yellow, blue), with the city coat of arms across the center of the yellow stripe. The seal and arms were adopted by the city in 1874.
Flag of Portland, Oregon The city flag of Portland, Oregon consists of a green field on which is placed a white "four-pointed directional star" from which radiate blue stripes, each bordered by L-shaped yellow elements. Narrow white fimbriations separate the blue and yellow elements from each other and from the green background.
Flag of Portugal The flag of the Portuguese Republic is a 2:3 green and red rectangle divided vertically into green at the hoist (2/5 of the flag’s length) and red at the fly (3/5). Centered in this partition a coat of arms consisting of an armillary sphere charged with the traditional Portuguese shield.
Flag of Prince Edward Island The flag of Prince Edward Island, Canada is a banner modelled after the provincial arms. The flag has the proportions 3:2; the three sides away from the mast are bordered by alternating bands of red and white.
Flag of Prussia The state of Prussia had its origins in the separate lands of the Margravate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia. The Margravate of Brandenburg developed from the medieval Northern March of the Holy Roman Empire, passing to the House of Hohenzollern in 1415.
Flag of Puerto Rico The flag of Puerto Rico consists of five equal horizontal bands of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bears a large, white, five-pointed star in the center.
Flag of Quebec The flag of Quebec, called the Fleurdelisé, was adopted by the provincial government of Quebec, Canada, during the government of Maurice Duplessis. It was first flown on January 21, 1948, at the Parliament Building in Quebec City.
Flag of Rhode Island The flag of Rhode Island is white and consists of a gold anchor in the center (a symbol for hope) surrounded by thirteen gold stars (for the original 13 colonies and Rhode Island's status as the 13th state to ratify the Constitution). A blue ribbon below the anchor bears the state's motto in gold: "HOPE.
Flag of Russia The flag of Russia is a tricolor of three equal horizontal fields, white on the top, blue in the middle and red on the bottom. The flag was first used as an ensign for merchant and war ships and only became official in 1896.
Flag of Saint David The Flag of St David is normally a gold cross on a black field, although it appears in many forms including a black cross on a gold field, or with an engrailed cross. It has, in some circles, been used as a flag representing Wales (as an alternative to the Red Dragon flag), in the same sense that the crosses of St George and St Andrew are used to represent England and Scotland (of which they are, respectively, patron saints).
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was adopted on October 21, 1985. It is composed of three vertical bands of blue, yellow and green with three diamonds centered in the yellow band and arranged in a V which stands for Vincent.
Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon The local flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is blue with a yellow ship, said to be the Grande Hermine, which brought Jacques Cartier to Saint-Pierre on 15 June 1536. Three square fields placed along the hoist recall the origin of most inhabitants of the islands, from top to bottom, Basques, Bretons, and Normans.
Flag of San Francisco, California The flag depicts a rising phoenix, often assumed to be symbol of the City's recovery from the 1906 fire but it dates several years earlier to about 1900. San Francisco suffered several devastating fires including 6 between 1849 and 1852, the last destroying almost the entire city, along with two earthquakes.
Flag of Seattle The official flag of Seattle is teal and white, featuring a portrait of Chief Seattle in the center. The words CITY OF GOODWILL surround the upper half of the portrait and the word SEATTLE appears below the portrait.
Flag of Sicily The flag of Sicily was first adopted in 1282, after the Sicilian Vespers of Palermo. It is characterized by the presence of the triskelion (trinacria) in its middle, the (winged) head of Medusa and three wheat ears.
Flag of Slovenia The national flag of Slovenia features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the Slovenian coat of arms located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands. The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the centre; beneath it are two wavy blue lines representing the Adriatic Sea and local rivers, and above it are three six-pointed golden stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje (Slovenian Grofje Celjski), the great Slovenian dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
Flag of Somaliland The current flag of Somaliland, the former British part of Somalia, was introduced on October 14, 1996, when it was approved by the National Conference. Somaliland, which declared its independence on May 18, 1991, is still not recognised by any other country.
Flag of South Africa The current flag of the Republic of South Africa was adopted on April 27, 1994, after the first free elections and the end of apartheid. A new national flag was adopted to represent the new democratic government of South Africa that represented all South Africans.
Flag of South Carolina The flag of South Carolina is believed to have been originally designed in 1775 for use by South Carolinian troops during the American Revolutionary War. The blue of the flag was borrowed from the militia's uniforms and the crescent from the emblem on their caps.
Flag of South Ossetia The flag of South Ossetia is a tricolour, top to bottom white, red, and yellow. The flag was prescribed by the Constitution of 26 November, 1990 and confirmed by the Regulation on the National Flag of 30 March, 1992.
Flag of Sri Lanka The Flag of Sri Lanka, also called the Lion Flag, consists of gold lion passant, holding a sword in its right fore paw, in front of a crimson background with four crimson bo leaves in each corner. Around the background is a yellow border, and to its left are 2 vertical stripes of equal size in saffron and green, with the saffron stripe closest to the lion.
Flag of Sudan The flag of Sudan was adopted on May 20, 1970, and consists of a red-white-black tricolor with a green triangle next to the hoist. Prior to the 1969 military coup of Gaafar Nimeiry, a blue-yellow-green tricolor design was used.
Flag of Suriname The Flag of Suriname is formed by five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white, red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width). There is a large, yellow, five-pointed star centered in the red band.
Flag of Sweden The flag of Sweden dates back to the 17th century. It is believed to be inspired by the Coat of arms of Sweden, which feature three yellow crowns on a blue background, and modelled on the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
Flag of the African Union The flag of the African Union is composed of a broad green horizontal stripe at the top followed by a narrow band of gold. Below is a broad white stripe bearing the Emblem of the African Union at its center followed by a narrow gold band and broad green stripe at the bottom.
Flag of the Andes The Flag of the Andes was a flag used by Argentinean patriot Jose de San Martin and his Army of the Andes during their famous Crossing of the Andes and their susequent military campaigns to Chile and Peru. The Flag of the Andes was personally designed by San Martin and sewn by ladies from the Cuyo region and wives of San Martin's officers.
Flag of the Azores The flag of the Azores is similar to the flag of Portugal used from 1830-1910, except that the Portuguese coat of arms has been removed and been replaced by the Goshawk (in Portuguese: Açor), the symbol of the Azores.
Flag of the Canary Islands The flag of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of three equal bands of white, blue, and yellow. The state flag includes the Coat of Arms of the Canary Islands in the central band; the civil flag omits this.
Flag of the Central African Republic The flag of the Central African Republic was adopted on December 1, 1958. It was designed by Barthélemy Boganda, the first president of the autonomous territory of Oubangui-Chari, who believed that "France and Africa must march together".
Flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation This is the newest variant of the flag used by the Commonwealth Games Federation. First used at the 17th Commonwealth Games (Manchester, England, 2002), it is a white flag emblazoned with the central emblem of the CGF (officially adopted 2001).
Flag of the Cook Islands The Flag of the Cook Islands is based on the traditional design for former British colonies in the Pacific region. It is a blue ensign containing the Union Flag in the upper left, and on the right, fifteen stars in a ring.
Flag of the Czech Republic The flag of the Czech Republic is the same as the flag of the former Czechoslovakia. Upon the dissolution of Czechoslovakia the Czech Republic kept the Czechoslovak flag while the Slovak Republic adopted its own flag (see Velvet Divorce).
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was adopted on 20 February 2006. A new constitution, ratified in December 2005 and which came into effect in February 2006, promulgated a return to a flag similar to that flown between 1963 and 1971, with a change from a more royal blue to sky blue, which represents peace.
Flag of the Dominican Republic The flag of the Dominican Republic, as described by Article 96 of the Dominican Constitution, features a centered white cross that extends to the edges and divides the flag into four rectangles —the top ones are blue (hoist side) and red, and the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue. In the state and war flag and ensign, a small coat of arms featuring a shield supported by a bay laurel branch (left) and a palm frond (right) is at the center of the cross; above the shield, a blue ribbon displays the national motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad (God, Motherland, Liberty).
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia was adopted on November 10, 1979. The blue field represents the Pacific Ocean, while the four stars represent the four island groups in the federation: Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap.
Flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The flag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian: Zastava Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine; Croatian: Stijeg Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine; Serbian: Застава Федерације Босне и Херцеговине or Zastava Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine) was adopted on November 5, 1996.
Flag of the Governor General of Canada The Flag of the Governor General of Canada was adopted in 1981. It features Canada's royal crest: a crowned lion holding a red maple leaf in its paw, standing on a wreath of the official colours of Canada (red and white), on a blue background.
Flag of the League of Arab States The flag of the League of Arab States is a green banner bearing the seal of the League of Arab States. The twenty links in the chain represent the twenty members of the League at the time of the flag's adoption.
Flag of the Lithuanian SSR Flag of the Lithuanian SSR was adopted by the Lithuanian SSR on July 15, 1953. Prior to this, the flag was red with a gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, and the Latin characters LIETUVOS TSR above them in gold in a sans-serif font.
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles The Flag of the Netherlands Antilles is white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a pentagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up.
Flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation consists of a navy blue (Pantone 280) flag with the white emblem of a compass rose with four white lines spreading out from it. It was approved 14 October 1953.
Flag of the Northern Territory The current state flag of the Northern Territory was officially adopted by the Northern Territory, Australia in 1978. The Northern Territory has been in existence since 1911, but could not hoist its first flag until self-government in 1978.
Flag of the Orange Free State The flag of the Orange Free State (1854 - 1902) was adopted in 1856. The OFS national flag contained alternating horizontal orange and white stripes (three orange and four white, with the white stripes on the outside) with a version of the Dutch flag (used initially at Graaff Reinet and Swellendam in 1795) featured in the canton.
Flag of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States The flag and logo of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States consists of a complex pattern of concentric design elements on a pale green field, focused on a circle of nine inwardly pointed orange triangles and nine outwardly pointed white triangles. It was adopted June 21, 2006, and first raised on that day at Basseterre, St.
Flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference The flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference has an overall green background, this is to represent the green fertilty of the Islamic lands (This is also said to be symbolic to Islam). In the center, there is an upward-facing red crescent enveloped in a white disc which is to symbolise Islam and that Allah is higher than all of the human beings.
Flag of the People's Republic of China The flag of the People's Republic of China, the "Five-Starred Red Flag (五星红旗 in pinyin: wǔ xīng hóng qí)", was designed by Zeng Liansong, an economist and artist from Ruian (瑞安 ruì ān), Zhejiang. He designed it in response to a circular distributed by the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in July 1949, shortly after they came to power.
Flag of the Philippines The national flag of the Philippines was first conceptualized by Emilio Aguinaldo, a freemason (the design shows the ideas of freemasonry according to some analysts). The first flag was sewn in Hong Kong by Marcela de Agoncillo, her daughter Lorenza, and Doña Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, niece of José Rizal.
Flag of the Republic of China The National Flag of the Republic of China () is a well-known symbol of the Republic of China (ROC), which since 1949 has been based on the island of Taiwan. It is commonly referred to in Chinese as Blue (Clear) Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth () to reflect its attributes.
Flag of the Republic of Jamtland The unofficial flag of the Republic of Jamtland was created in 1983 by activists Kent Backman and Bo Oscarsson as a horizontal tricolor of blue, white and green, symbolising the sky, snow-clad mountains and forest. (The three bands also symbolise the provinces of the republic, Jamtland, Ragunda and Härjedalen.
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia The Flag of the Republic of Macedonia represents a rising yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field. It represents "the new sun of liberty", evoked in the Macedonian national anthem Denes nad Makedonija (Today Over Macedonia):
Flag of the Republic of Vietnam The flag of former South Vietnam was designed by Emperor Bảo Đại in 1948, and was the flag used by former South Vietnam until it was abolished by the communist North Vietnamese government on April 30, 1975, when the South unconditionally surrendered to the North. It is still used by some Vietnamese immigrants now living in other countries.
Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Flag of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia consisted of three equal horizontal bands coloured in pan-Slavic colors - blue (top), white and red - with yellow bordered red star, symbol of communism, at the flag's centre.
Flag of the Soviet Union The first official flag of the Soviet Union was adopted in December of 1922 at the First Congress of Soviets of the USSR. It was agreed that the red banner was transformed from the symbol of the Party to the symbol of a state, and around that flag gathered the peoples of the soviet republics to unite into one state - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'.
Flag of the Treinta y Tres The Flag of the Treinta y Tres pays homage to the disembarkation of the Thirty-Three Orientals at the Agraciada Beach, on April 19, 1825. It has three horizontal stripes, the top one blue, the central one white and the bottom one red.
Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands The flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) consisted of a light blue field that contained six white stars centered in a circle pattern. The stars symbolized the six districts of the former trusteeship: The Marianas, the Marshall Islands, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Palau.
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus The flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) is based on the flag of Turkey with the colors reversed and two horizontal red stripes added at the top and bottom and the crescent and the star in red. It was the result of a competition to find a new representative flag for the TRNC.
Flag of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland uses as its national flag the Royal Banner commonly known as the Union Flag or, popularly, Union Jack (although officially this title should only be given to the flag when it is flown at sea). The current design of the Union Flag dates from the union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1801.
Flag of the United States The flag of the United States consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.
Flag of the United States Air Force The flag of the United States Air Force consists of the coat of arms, 13 white stars and the Air Force Seal, on a blue background. The 13 stars represent the 13 original colonies, the three star grouping at the top portray the three Departments of the National Defense Establishment (Army, Navy, and Air Force).
Flag of the United States Army The flag of the United States Army consists of a blue replica of the official seal of the War Office. Beneath the seal is a broad scarlet scroll bearing the inscription in white letters, "United States Army".
Flag of the United States Marine Corps The Flag of the United States Marine Corps is scarlet with the Corps emblem in gray and yellow. It was adopted on January 18, 1939, although Marine Corps Order 4 had established scarlet and gold and the official colors of the Corps as early as 1925.
Flag of the United States Navy The flag of the United States Navy consists of the Seal of the Department of the Navy in the center, above a yellow scroll inscribed "United States Navy" in dark blue letters, against a dark blue background.
Flag of the Uzbek SSR The flag of the Uzbek SSR was adopted by the Uzbek SSR on August 29, 1952. The blue represents the sky, the white represents cotton, the red represents the "revolutionary struggle of the working masses", the hammer and sickle represents the peasants' and workers' union, and the red star is the symbol of the proletariat.

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