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Re: Flags from around the world
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« Reply #61 on Aug 23, 2011, 6:24am »		[Quote]
When that one opened up, "Oh say can you see..." popped unbidden into my mind!
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« Reply #62 on Aug 24, 2011, 4:56am »		[Quote]
Thank god for digital photography. Anybody who has tried to contribute an unfurled flag to this thread can certainly attest to how capricious the damn things are. Sometimes you can take a half dozen pictures and an otherwise fluttering flag will suddenly drop listless against the pole at every single attempt.
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« Reply #63 on Aug 25, 2011, 3:28am »		[Quote]
Actually, that flag appears in seven photos I took, and proudly she waves in all of them. It is Old Glory, after all. ;)
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« Reply #65 on Sept 15, 2011, 10:34am »		[Quote]
Bixa, as soon as I saw this photo I was reminded that 2 years ago I helped a student who had chosen the Mexican flag as his project/assignment. I spent hours copying and pasting pictures and information about the flag.
It's quite interesting so here it is:

The Mexican Coat of Arms
The Mexican Coat of Arms is taken from an Aztec legend which recounts the way in which the Aztecs came to choose the site where they built their capital city of Tenochtitlan (where Mexico City stands today). The Aztecs, also known as the Mexica ("meh-shee-ka"), were a nomadic people traveling from the north of the country. Their leader was informed in a dream by the god of war, Huitzilopochtli, that they were to settle in the place where they would find an eagle on a prickly pear cactus holding a serpent. The place where they saw this sight was quite inhospitable - a swampy area in the center of three lakes, but this is where they settled and built the great city of Tenochtitlan.

It makes me want to find out why they particularly chose the colours of our NEW South African flag. The old one had some depictions of other flags etc., in the centre which have a historical note.
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« Reply #66 on Sept 15, 2011, 8:06pm »		[Quote]
I was hoping to catch a new flag this week, because the president of Rwanda made an official visit to France. However, (and I don't know the fine point of this) it was not a "state visit" so we didn't get the Rwandan flags all over the city. I have no idea what the next state visit will be. Quite likely an upcoming president of Tunisia or Libya.
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« Reply #67 on Sept 16, 2011, 2:23am »		[Quote]
Beautiful, Bixa.
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« Reply #68 on Sept 16, 2011, 5:03am »		[Quote]
Thanks so much, Tod and Lola. I just made a whole thread of Mexican flags. It was enhanced by Tod's information, so thanks for that too, Tod.
http://anyportinastorm.proboards.com/ind....res&thread=5319
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« Reply #73 on Feb 18, 2012, 5:17am »		[Quote]
just noticed my horizon line is cockeyed. spoils an otherwise pretty nice photo...
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« Reply #74 on Feb 25, 2012, 9:15pm »		[Quote]
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(I'm thinking the flag is NOT the first thing that catches the eye in this one!)
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« Reply #75 on Feb 26, 2012, 5:14am »		[Quote]

What flag?
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« Reply #76 on Feb 26, 2012, 5:29am »		[Quote]
Here's an even less prominent one for you, Mark ;D

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« Reply #77 on Feb 26, 2012, 8:27am »		[Quote]
New game then? Spot the flag? (probably better not)


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« Reply #78 on Feb 26, 2012, 8:34am »		[Quote]
I'm with you on the first one, Mark. Second one, not so much. ;)
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« Reply #79 on Feb 28, 2012, 4:38am »		[Quote]
What's that outrageous building in #76, Kimby? (great pic, by the way)

Love your first one in #77, Mark.
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« Reply #80 on Feb 28, 2012, 10:06pm »		[Quote]
It's one of the Chateaux of France. Blanking on the name.
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« Reply #81 on Feb 28, 2012, 10:54pm »		[Quote]
It is Chambord.
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« Reply #82 on Feb 28, 2012, 11:09pm »		[Quote]
Thanks, K2, I was hoping you'd chime in.
Brain fog today.
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« Reply #84 on May 30, 2012, 5:13pm »		[Quote]
The first photo is beautiful. Memorial day, I presume.

So many people die in wars.
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« Reply #85 on May 30, 2012, 5:25pm »		[Quote]
Beautiful and sobering ~~ wonderful pics, NYCG.
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« Reply #86 on May 30, 2012, 5:32pm »		[Quote]
Thank you. The flags represent every Massachusetts service member lost from the Civil War til the present.
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« Reply #87 on May 30, 2012, 5:59pm »		[Quote]
NYCgirl Fabulous - putting the pair together is a fantastic explanation of what we are seeing
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« Reply #88 on May 30, 2012, 8:22pm »		[Quote]
Amazing photos, nycgirl. Really brings it home to how many gave their lives.
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