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Flag Fact Friday: South African Flag

12/28/2018

Following Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990, a new national South African flag was commissioned. The black, green, and yellow were taken from the banner of Mandela's African Congress, while red, white, and blue were taken from the old flag of Transvaal. The Y shape is said to reference the convergence of cultures in the nation.

At the time of its adoption in 1994, the South African flag was the only national flag to include six colors and without a seal or brocade.

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Flag Fact Friday: The French Flag

12/14/2018

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The white of the French flag represents the King and is also the traditional color of the House of Bourbon, which ruled France until the French Revolution. The red and blue represent Paris; these were the colors of the revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille 1789.

The tricolour flag's colors are often said to represent liberté (freedom: blue), égalité (equality: white), fraternité (brotherhood: red).

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Flag Fact Friday: The American Flag

12/7/2018

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There have been 26 incarnations of the 'Stars and Stripes' since December 3, 1775, each with differing numbers of stars and stripes. Today's version has been in use since Independence Day 1960, and consists of 13 horizontal stripes that represent the thirteen colonies that declared independence to be come the first states of the Union, and 50 stars represent each of the 50 current states of the USA.

The United States Flag is also known as 'Old Glory" and the 'Star Spangeld Banner.'

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