Tricolour national flag of the Netherlands, the prototype for the flags of many European countries. (more) Sunday 13 May 1660". The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Phil Gyford. 13 May 1660 . Retrieved 12 January 2017. With custom made flags, you can add a unique touch to your indoor and outdoor decorations. Flags are a great way to engage your customers and create a memorable visual impact. Outdoor custom flags can be designed to reflect your brand, theme or message so that it attracts customer attention and acts as a welcoming display. Your indoor custom printed flags can be used to create a point of interest in your office or stores and create a specific type of ambience. Sponsorships But you can’t reduce Johns to any simple “message”. He is interested in complexity. The whole point of his art is to take a simple found image or thing – a target, a map, a beer can, the flag – and remake it in a subtle, elusive way. The British Museum’s new addition is a riposte to the delight in bold icons taken by such pop artists as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. It was Johns’ first attempt at screenprinting, which they loved. Johns said his work might properly be considered an abuse of the printmaking medium

a b c Duffy, Jonathan (10 April 2006). "Union recognition". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Namely by King Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch of England (see images commons:Category:Coats of arms of King Henry VII of England) Prothero, David (28 March 2006). "United Kingdom: lighthouse authorities". Flags of the World. Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses - Commissioner's flag. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022 . Retrieved 6 January 2022. a b de Burton, Simon (9 November 1999). "How Scots lost battle of the standard". The Scotsman. Johnston Press plc . Retrieved 30 June 2009. [ dead link] The Union Flag has no official status in the United Kingdom, and there are no national regulations concerning its use or prohibitions against flag desecration. In Northern Ireland, the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 provide for the flying of the flag on government buildings on certain occasions, when it is flown half-mast, and how it is displayed with other flags. [96] A folded Union Flag with a tam o' shanter on top of ita b Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard. W. Mitchell. 1895. pp.181–185 . Retrieved 10 February 2023.

PANTONE. "PANTONE 280 C – find a PANTONE Color". www.pantone.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019 . Retrieved 16 November 2017. In July 2007, then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled plans to have the Union Flag flown more often from government buildings. [90] While consultation on new guidelines was under way, the decision to fly the flag could be made by each government department. [ needs update] In March 2021, the UK government published new guidance for the Union Flag to be flown all year round on UK government buildings, unless another flag is being flown – such as another national flag of the UK, or a county flag, or other flags to mark civic pride. [91] Johns thought it a “simple-minded” technique. But he learned from Japanese printmakers how to make a multi-layered, sophisticated version that subverted the Warholian clarity of the method. He gleefully said the result, Flags I, “might properly be considered an abuse of the medium”. It takes pop printmaking into unfathomable layers of technical finesse. The Continental Navy raised the Colors as the ensign of the fledgling nation in the American War for Independence – likely by the expedient of transforming their previous British red ensign by adding white stripes. [7] [8] The name "Grand Union" was first applied to the Continental Colors by George Henry Preble in his 1872 book known as History of the American Flag. [8]This example matches the example above, that runs Chrome from the command line with flags. # Two other ways to try out experimental features

a b c d e f g Sum, Lok-kei (22 August 2019). "Are Hong Kong protesters pro-American or British when they wave the US and UK flags? The answer is complicated". South China Morning Post. SCMP Publishers . Retrieved 26 June 2020. Loh, Chris (21 June 2020). "The Evolution Of The British Airways Livery". Simple Flying . Retrieved 26 May 2022. The first official U.S. flag flown during battle was on August 3, 1777, at Fort Schuyler (Fort Stanwix) during the Siege of Fort Stanwix. Massachusetts reinforcements brought news of the adoption by Congress of the official flag to Fort Schuyler. Soldiers cut up their shirts to make the white stripes; scarlet material to form the red was secured from red flannel petticoats of officers' wives, while material for the blue union was secured from Capt. Abraham Swartwout's blue cloth coat. A voucher is extant that Congress paid Capt. Swartwout of Dutchess County for his coat for the flag. [20]

For example, Chrome wanted to allow users to try picture-in-picture video functionality, before rolling it out to everyone. The concept of a country, as it pertains to country flags, can vary based on different criteria and perspectives. Since World War II, interest in flags has expanded beyond their creation and use. Political scientists, historians, sociologists, and others recognize them as artifacts expressive of the cultures of certain times and places. The scholarly study of the history, symbolism, etiquette, design, manufacture, and other aspects of flags is known as vexillology (from the Latin vexillum, “banner”). Such studies are fostered by many publications as well as by the International Federation of Vexillological Associations and its members.

There was some speculation on the matter in British dominions also, with one New Zealand paper reporting that:On 30 November, St Andrew's Day, the Union Flag can be flown in Scotland only where a building has more than one flagpole—on this day the Saltire will not be lowered to make way for the Union Flag if there is only one flagpole. [94] This difference arose after Members of the Scottish Parliament complained that Scotland was the only country in the world that could not fly its national flag on its national day. However, on 23 April, St George's Day, it is the Union Flag of the United Kingdom that is flown over UK government offices in England. [95] Usage and disposal [ edit ] Flag Flying". Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008 . Retrieved 9 January 2012. Fowler, Jean, ed. (1990), Reed's Nautical Almanac 1990, New Malden, Surrey: Thomas Reed Publications Limited, pp.16:2–16:3, ISBN 0-947637-36-2 Hayes-McCoy, Gerard Anthony (1979). Ó Snodaigh, Pádraig (ed.). A history of Irish flags from earliest times. Dublin: Academy Press. p.38. ISBN 0-906187-01-X. Parry, Richard Lloyd; Blet, Raphael (14 June 2019), "Colonial nostalgia rules in Hong Kong as young refuse to accept China's authority", The Times , retrieved 5 July 2019