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In 1912, the 48-star flag was adopted. This was the first time that a flag act specified an official arrangement of the stars in the canton, namely six rows of eight stars each, where each star would point upward. [62] The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, however, had already been using standardized designs.
1979. 1972. 1979 (re-adoption of coat of arms due to the collapse of Francisco Nguema regime) Federated States of Micronesia. 1979. 1965 (as Flag of the TTPI which had 6 stars above) 1979 (two stars removed due to reorganization of the Territory) Vanuatu. 1980.
1897 – Adoption of State Flag Desecration Statutes – By the late 1800s an organized flag protection movement was born in reaction to perceived commercial and political misuse of the flag. After supporters failed to obtain federal legislation, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota became the first States to adopt flag desecration statutes.
The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the national flag of the United States of America. It is part of Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code ( 4 U.S.C. § 5 et seq ). Although this is a U.S. federal law, [ 1] the code is not mandatory: it uses non-binding language like "should" and "custom ...
The flag of the United Nations is a sky blue banner containing the United Nations ' emblem in the centre. The emblem on the flag is coloured white; it is a depiction of the world map in the azimuthal equidistant projection (centred on the North Pole ), which is surrounded by a pair of olive branches. The emblem was officially adopted on 7 ...
The National Flag of Canada ( French: Drapeau national du Canada ), [ 1] often referred to simply as the Canadian flag, consists of a red field with a white square at its centre in the ratio of 1∶2∶1, in which is featured one stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf charged in the centre. [ 2] It is the first flag to have been adopted by both ...
The yellow sun with 24 rays represents enlightenment. [ 2] The current flag of Rwanda – whose colours resemble those of the flag of Gabon – represents national unity, respect for work, heroism, and confidence in the future. [ 3] According to the state's official rationale, the flag was adopted (along with a new national anthem at the time ...
The red flag of North Vietnam was later adopted as the flag of the unified Vietnam in 1976. [7] The flag of Vietnam is the only flag amongst ASEAN that does not contain the colour white, with red and yellow/gold being its historical national colours. [8]