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Cleaning up the Auto-Upload folder. May be some duplicates from previous posts. Oh well, I guess I will get to enjoy them again. Hope you do too.
The British flags flying with the French tricolor are because Queen Elizabeth was on a state visit to France
Leeuwarden, 12 april 2019. Jaarlijks word op de vliegbasis Leeuwarden de multinationale oefening Frisian Flag georganiseerd.
A view of the flag poles near the left lower entrance at the Burlington Center Mall. The flag poles are unused next to the vacant entrance at the left lower level of the former Macy's at the Burlington Town Center Mall.
Burlington Center Mall in Burlington, New Jersey opened in 1982. It had three original anchors Sears which is still open. JCPenney which closed in 2014. And finally, Strawbridge and Clothiers which was bought out by Macy's in 2006. Macy's later closed in 2010.
Dhaka , Bangladesh, 2011
Bengali New Year (Bengali: নববর্ষ Nôbobôrsho) or Poyela Boishakh (পহেলা বৈশাখ Pôhela Boishakh or পয়লা বৈশাখ Pôela Boishakh) is the first day of the Bengali calendar, celebrated in both Bangladesh and West Bengal, and in Bengali communities in Assam and Tripura. It coincides with the New Year's Days of numerous Southern Asian calendars.
Poila Boishakh connects all ethnic Bengalis irrespective of religious and regional differences. In India, in West Bengal and Assam it is a public (state) holiday and is publicly celebrated in mid April. In Bangladesh, it is a national holiday celebrated around 14 April according to the official amended calendar designed by the Bangla Academy.
Captured from Dhaka University campus. A man holding a bunch of our national flag in an ocean of people.
Flags of the IOC, FIFA, London 2012 & GB.
Japan 3-0 Egypt, Men's Olympic Quarter Final match, Saturday 4th August 2012. Old Trafford, Manchester.
The beautiful U.S. American Flag and pelican Louisiana Flag flying high above a palm tree with a warm, sun filled blue sky.
Bear Flag Monument. This monument was erected by the Native Sons of the Golden West and the State of California to commemorate the raising of the Bear Flag on this spot June 14, 1846 by the Bear Flag Party and their declaration of the freedom of California from Mexican rule on July 9, 1846. The Bear Flag was hauled down and the American Flag here raised in its place by Lieutenant Joseph W. Revere U.S.A. who was sent to Sonoma from San Francisco by Commander John B. Montgomery of the U.S. Sloop of War "Portsmouth" following the raising of the American Flag at Monterey July 7, 1846 by Commodore John Drake Sloat. California Landmark 7. Sonoma Plaza - National Register #75000489.
From Wikepedia:
In the early morning of June 14, 1846, [General Mariano] Vallejo was taken prisoner by a ragtag band of Americans, led by William B. Ide, who had decided to emulate the Texans by revolting against California's Mexican government. Instead of fighting back, he let the rebels inside his quarters in the Casa Grande for a meal and drinks. From there, he acquiesced and unopposedly signed a letter of surrender. The Americans proceeded to get roaring drunk and raise an improvised flag featuring a grizzly bear that some viewers mistook for a pig. Although Vallejo was sympathetic to the advent of American rule, he deemed the perpetrators of the Bear Flag Revolt to be mere lowlife rabble. As he wrote in his five-volume history,
if the men who hoisted the 'Bear Flag' had raised the flag that Washington sanctified by his abnegation and patriotism, there would have been no war on the Sonoma frontier, for all our minds were prepared to give a brotherly embrace to the sons of the Great Republic, whose enterprising spirit had filled us with admiration. Ill-advisedly, however, as some say, or dominated by a desire to rule without let or hindrance, as others say, they placed themselves under the shelter of a flag that pictured a bear, an animal that we took as the emblem of rapine and force. This mistake was the cause of all the trouble, for when the Californians saw parties of men running over their plains and forests under the 'Bear Flag,' they thought that they were dealing with robbers and took the steps they thought most effective for the protection of their lives and property.
Vallejo, his French secretary Victor Prudon, his brother Salvador Vallejo, and their brother-in-law Jacob P. Leese were taken as prisoners to John C. Frémont's camp in the Central Valley. Frémont ordered they be kept prisoners in Sutter's Fort. Conditions for the prisoners were good, until Frémont discovered they were well fed and allowed to walk around the fort several times a day. He replaced the jailer, instructing the replacement to treat them "no better than any other prisoner". Mariano contracted malaria while being held at the fort. After agreeing to remain neutral during the remainder of the war with Mexico, Mariano was released on August 1, 1846 and arrived at Casa Grande a day or two later, weighing only 96 pounds. Salvador Vallejo and Jacob P. Leese were released about a week later. By the time of his release, Mariano was still uncertain about his stance in the war. Because of his belief that California would thrive better with the United States, and that at this time, the Americans were in complete control of the northern area of California, he eventually sided with them. At his home, he showed his allegiance by burning his Mexican uniform in a dignified manner.
Soldiers from the 3d United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in “Flags In”, where a flag is planted in each grave marker in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 21st, 2015. Over 1,000 Soldiers from the Old Guard took part in planting more then 228,000 flags in honor of those whose final resting place is Arlington National Cemetery. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cody W. Torkelson)
The national flag of Uganda was adopted when the country gained independence from Britain in 1962. Black represents the Ugandan people, and red represents their brotherhood, while yellow simply represents the sun. At the flag's centre is the crested crane, Uganda's national symbol.