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The co-official flags are called Flag of Artigas and Flag of the Thirty-Three and where used during the Uruguayan independence struggle. Indeed, the flag of the Thirty-Three reads “Liberty or Death”.
The flag was red and depicted a white sun with a face. The sun had eight rays, representing the eight provinces that Spain had placed under martial law....
This stylized O is meant to represent both a maple leaf (symbolizing Canada) and the Peace Tower and Centre Block of the parliament buildings (symbolizing Ottawa). It is meant to be simple, but look festive, and to create a feeling of vibrant motion when flying....
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1591783...
Here’s the Wikipedia article on the flag, which is quite extensive: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Washington,_D.C....
On a field of blue, the flag displays a yellow emblem of a crown and crossed arrows. This is the emblem attributed to St Edmund, king of East Anglia, shot with arrows and decapitated Vikings in 869. A shrine and cult later developed in Bury St Edmunds, and the emblem gradually came to represent the county as a whole.
Wikipedia page about the Ikurriña
Before this flag, they used this ridiculously long flag with the proportions 1:3...
Proposals taken from Wikipedia article.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Day_of_the_Flemish_Community
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Katanga
It is often said that a flag should not have more than three, maybe four colors, but I think South Sudan does quite well with six colors.
Wikipedia page...
Article on the 100th anniversary of the flag of the city of Chicago: www.britannica.com/story/…/3ZAXcHF.jpg)
Wikipedia page about the flag
The five stars originally represented the five provinces. However, the province division has been redrawn since, but they still kept the five stars....
Originally, they had this flag from 1975-1992:...
Map of members: CARICOM members map...
