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ANNAPOLIS, MD – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown (both D-MD) today joined Maryland environmental officials to announce more than $800,000 in funding for the creation of “living shorelines,” an innovative technique that combines habitat restoration with erosion control protection for coastal landowners.
A skydiver descends at the Mid-USA Balloon Challenge. How do they land without the flag touching the ground?
This is the great reveRED Jamaican flag. Hardships there are but the land is green and the sunshine is golden. Black, green, and gold.
See you in Jamaica.
Bonita Jamaica
Beautiful Place. Amazing People.
Union Flag Mandeville is on the south side of Westminster Bridge outside County Hall.
"I'm flying the flag to welcome the world to the London 2012 Games."
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Another of my father's rolling pins. This one belongs to my niece, who at sixteen is already a very skilled baker and cake decorator.
Progress stitching the history of sheep farming panel from the Hawkes Bay Guild. Part of the Tapestry Trust of NZ project.
You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
I was just reading recently that the Australian flag was actually red until Prime Minister Menzies formalised the blue in the early 1950’s, probably to minimise the use of that horrible communistic red. He had the authority to do this, no people’s choice required by the Constitution as it was more a change in emphasis as I see it. Colour paintings of the new Australian Parliament House in Canberra at its opening show red flags. I didn’t know that! Of course the red ensign is still used for some purposes, as is the white. How common is it to have the flags in three different colours....not very common I would imagine and a little confusing.
It seems the Brits have a similar multi colour situation. In Australia, the white ensign has been the flag for Australian Naval vessels since 1967, before which the British flag (white ensign I am assuming) was used. The red ensign was the official flag colour for State and Local Governments, private organisations and individuals until the Flag Act 1953 was passed encouraging I think would be the word, the use of the blue flag and general use of the red flag fell out of use around 1954. Reds under the bed and all that!
In 1981, the Shipping Registration Act made the red ensign the flag for smaller commercial and private shipping and boats.
Until 1953, technically the blue flag was for Commonwealth Government use only. It seems in 1901 two flags, the red and blue were devised for slightly different purposes but we should note the use of the red ensign flag at the opening of the new Parliament House by the Commonwealth in 1927, 26 years after 1901 despite the note above. Confusing I must say.