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Today (6/14) is Flag Day. Here's a flag photo I took yesterday at the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC.
This photo was featured in the DCist blog.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM.
In Himalaya Magazine, Erik writes: "Chongye Valley, at last. I am overwhelmed by a sense of importance. It feels like the end of some kind of personal pilgrimage.
Chongye is a valley adjecent to and sometimes treated as part of the Yarlung Valley. It is a quiet, windy and barren corridor in Southern Tibet.
Impressive, sure, but so is almost all of these Tibetan valleys. Is this one special? Nothing to suggest that. At this time, in January, the place is emtpy so even if this particular valley had some kind of extra pull it is not noticeable as the tourist season is at its lowest.
There are a couple of brown mounds, some with the usual prayer flags and stone chortens atop, and on one a small Nyingmapa temple.
Not much to see really.
Nothing, if it weren’t for the fact that those mounds are not natural. They are tombs. Very old tombs.
It is who’s buried here that makes this a special place. And it is what this place means for anyone wanting to understand Tibet that made me struggle through all the hazzle of Chinese paperwork, of guides and permits, to finally realizing my dream and come here."
/ Erik Törner, 2012.
Wikipedia: The Valley of the Kings or Chongye Valley branches off the Yarlung Valley to the southwest and contains a series of graveyard tumuli, burial mounds. South of Tsetang, Tibet, near the town of Chongye (Qonggyai) on Mure Mountain in Qonggyai County of the Shannan Prefecture.
The site possesses eight large mounds of earth resembling natural hills that are believed to contain eight to ten buried Tibetan kings.
"According to Tibetan tradition all the kings from Dri-gum onwards are buried at ‘Phyong-rgyas, but as the site now presents itself, there are just ten tumuli identifiable as the tombs of all the kings from Srong-brtsan-sgam-po to Khri-lde-srong-brtsan, including two princes . . . ."
Other sources, however, have indicated that there are actually nine mounds rather than eight or ten.
The kings believed to be buried at the site include Songtsän Gampo (the founder of the Tibetan Empire), Nansong Mangsten, Tridu Songtsen, Gyangtsa Laban, Tride Tsugtsen, Trisong Detsen, Muni Tsangpo and Tritsu Detsen.
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The standard mic flag size is a 2 1/2 inch square. Measure 2 1/2 inches on two sides of the styrofoam brick.
Flags of (L-R) the Royal Tank Regiment, Union Flag, and Royal Armoured Corps, at the National Tank Museum in Dorset, England.
5X8 ft. Sewn Cotton Fort McHenry Flag proudly flying from our deck in Ocean City, Maryland. By Chris Rudolf. May, 2009.
Well almost french flag. As they were passing me they spoke french and were lined up corectly Blue/white/red. But when I turned around to take the picture, they had switched around. Oh Well.
Lying on my back in the cold, I tried to keep the picture clear while the flag fluttered in the breeze. Downtown Anchorage, shortly before sunrise.
The gargantuan flag poles that obstruct the view of the museum from Cheapside and Friargate, and obstruct the view of Cheapside from the Flag Market, have now been erected.
Even in these hard times no expense is being spared in the process of uglificqtion of Preston.
To celebrate Flag Day, the U.S. Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Section brought nearly 300 high school students to the Ambassador’s residence to exhibit the displays they created to illustrate various representative elements for a particular U.S. state – and the District of Columbia. Although the high schools participating this year were at their first experience, the tradition of elaborate projects was very well kept.
At this 7th edition on June 14 (the actual Flag Day celebration!), Embassy judges awarded prizes in the following categories: Best Overall – Rhode Island (Colegiul National de Informatica “Tudor Vianu”); Runner Up Best Overall – Ohio (Liceul “George Calinescu”); Most Creative/Original – Maine (Grup Scolar Constructii Montaj “Elie Radu”); Represents the State Best – Florida (Grup Scolar Constructii Montaj “Elie Radu”); Most Informative/Educational – Virginia (Grup Scolar Constructii Montaj “Elie Radu”); Most Fun – West Virginia (Colegiul German Goethe); Most Detailed – Iowa (Scoala Superioara Comerciala “N. Kretzulescu”); Best Presentation – Kansas (Colegiul National de Informatica “Tudor Vianu”); Most Attractive – Arkansas (Colegiul National de Informatica “Tudor Vianu”) and People’s Choice, in which the participants voted Maine (Grup Scolar Constructii Montaj “Elie Radu”) as their favorite.
The winners received American books, music and movies. All students then enjoyed pizza and sodas on the residence lawn.
Lucian Crusoveanu / Public Diplomacy Office
Taken in 2008.
One of several entrances to the Downtown Crossing subway station (Red Line and Orange Line). On Chauncy Street in Downtown Crossing.
To celebrate Flag Day, the U.S. Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Section brought nearly 300 high school students to the Ambassador’s residence to exhibit the displays they created to illustrate various representative elements for a particular U.S. state – and the District of Columbia. Although the high schools participating this year were at their first experience, the tradition of elaborate projects was very well kept.
At this 7th edition on June 14 (the actual Flag Day celebration!), Embassy judges awarded prizes in the following categories: Best Overall – Rhode Island (Colegiul National de Informatica “Tudor Vianu”); Runner Up Best Overall – Ohio (Liceul “George Calinescu”); Most Creative/Original – Maine (Grup Scolar Constructii Montaj “Elie Radu”); Represents the State Best – Florida (Grup Scolar Constructii Montaj “Elie Radu”); Most Informative/Educational – Virginia (Grup Scolar Constructii Montaj “Elie Radu”); Most Fun – West Virginia (Colegiul German Goethe); Most Detailed – Iowa (Scoala Superioara Comerciala “N. Kretzulescu”); Best Presentation – Kansas (Colegiul National de Informatica “Tudor Vianu”); Most Attractive – Arkansas (Colegiul National de Informatica “Tudor Vianu”) and People’s Choice, in which the participants voted Maine (Grup Scolar Constructii Montaj “Elie Radu”) as their favorite.
The winners received American books, music and movies. All students then enjoyed pizza and sodas on the residence lawn.
Lucian Crusoveanu / Public Diplomacy Office
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.