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This set was taken at the Battleship TEXAS (USS Texas), a decommissioned WWI and WWII battleship which saw action in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of WWII. The ship itself is now located outside of Houston, TX.
Soldiers salute the raising banner in a sunrise Flag Day ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base. Part of this audio slideshow: evphotos.com/flagday/slideshow/index.html
A torn flag can be a dramatic sight as it evokes battles and abandonment. But one caught in barbed wire, like this one, a few feet from my house, with the hills of Jerusalem in the background, can be even more dramatic. Location: Security road by Bnai Akiva.
Reykjavik, Iceland. 28.06.2011.
About the flag:
Iceland's first national flag was a white cross on a deep blue background. It was first shown in parade in 1897. The modern flag dates from 1915, when a red cross was inserted into the white cross of the original flag. This cross represents Christianity.[2][3] It was adopted and became the national flag when Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1918. For the Icelandic people the flag's colouring represents a vision of their country's landscape. The colours stand for 3 of the elements that make up the island. Red is the fire produced by the island's volcanoes, white recalls the ice and snow that covers Iceland, and blue for the Atlantic Ocean.
Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_flag
To celebrate Flag Day on June 13, for the 8th straight year the U.S. Embassy's Public Diplomacy Section organized a competition with high school students to develop depictions of all 50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia. Nearly 300 enthusiastic high school students took part in the competition which took place at the Ambassador’s residence where they exhibited the displays they created to illustrate various representative elements of each of the states, in order to convey the message for this year’s theme: “America’s Strength: The Diversity of Its People”. First time participating, this year's high schools were: Gheorghe Lazar (Bucharest), Mihai Viteazul (Bucharest), Nicolae Balcescu (Oltenita), Decebal (Bucharest) and Ion Neculce (Bucharest). The winners received American books, music and movies (Lucian Crusoveanu / Public Diplomacy Office)
Flags placed on the Statehouse lawn in Columbus Ohio, in remembrance of the events of 9/11. Please note that they have been arranged in the shape of the Ohio State Flag.
flag pattern: Arbee Design
star pattern: McCall website free download
finished size: 80 x 92
lessons learned: bargello quilting and accurate piecing
thread used: aurifil 2715 (light blue) for top, aurifil 2730 (darker blue) bobbin thread
Prayer flags set against a very modern (in the artistic sense) concrete structure. I like the juxtaposition of ideologies. It seems consistent with the agenda of the Dalai Lama: the blurring of the lines between western and eastern thought, science and spirituality interwoven into one beautiful tapestry...
Yeah, what he said.
House of Flags consists of 206 panels presenting the flag icons of all the nations participating in the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. Combined they make a large building jigsaw, a united 'House'. A matrix of symbols, shimmering colours, shadows and perforations invites everyone to experience an image of the world as well as an image of multi-ethnic London.
House of Flags is designed by AY Architects which is co-directed by Yeoryia Manolopoulou, staff of the Bartlett School of Architecture, for the London 2012 Olympics. It has been commissioned by the Mayor of London as part of the ‘WONDER’ series of Incredible Installations.
Read more at: bit.ly/InstallationsLondon2012
Flag Day is already a well-known and beloved competition among students from five high schools in Bucharest, organized by the Public Diplomacy Section. Participating for the first time, this year’s high schools (Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga, C.A. Rosetti, Mihail Sadoveanu and Dimitrie Paciurea) developed depictions of all 50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia.
Held in the Embassy’s courtyard for the first time, the 150 students exhibited the displays they created to illustrate representative elements for each of the states, all related to the history, culture and language of the Native Americans. The winners received American books and stationary and had a fun pizza picnic on the lawn.
Bucharest, June 12, 2014.
Lucian Crusoveanu / Public Diplomacy Office
Note: some images have been digitally manipulated for security reasons.