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Both the American and German national flags are flown over USAG Grafenwoehr. These flags are special as they are only flown to commemorate certain days or events. The building behind the flags is the historic Grafenwoehr water tower.
Designed to recall the color scheme of the traditional prayer shawl (the tallis), and incorporating a Star of David, the Israeli flag does not, as far as I am aware, have any secondary nickname or epithet such as "the Stars & Stripes," "the Star Spangled Banner," the "Hinomaru", or the "Union Jack."
While I cannot consider myself Israeli, and none of my ancestors have lived in Israel for many many generations, I feel a strong attachment to this country and to this flag as my own. I suppose this must seem strange to many others, their connections to Ireland or Italy, China, Korea or Japan, Venezuela or wherever being fairly direct. Jewish ethnicity and national identity is an unusual thing, if not wholly unique, and I don't blame others for not understanding it; however, I do believe that, particularly as the oldest nation (the oldest people) on Earth, our notions and rules and traditions of our identity are perfectly valid, even if they don't fit into the molds other cultures follow.
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Green: symbolizes the strength of the Brazilian forests;
Yellow: represents the mineral wealth of the soil;
Blue: the sky;
White: peace;
White Stars: represents each Brazilian state and the Federal District;
The phrase "Order and Progress": influence of Auguste Comte, French philosopher founder of positivism.
The stars are distributed in the National Flag as the sky, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, at 8 hours and 30 minutes on 15 November 1889, in which the constellation of the Southern Cross presented itself vertically in relation to the city's skyline Rio de Janeiro. However, Raimundo Teixeira Mendes produced a design contrary to some aspects of astronomy, emphasizing the aesthetic disposition of the stars, not the outer perfection.
The Maryland State flag flying high over the campus of Frostburg State University located in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland, United States.
119 flags to represent all the nations who have a diplomatic presence in the Qatari Capital.
Flag Plaza - Doha, Qatar.
Strength Through Community_ Clockwise Symbols... The modern Clydebank flag show (clockwise from top) a Cog, an Elephant, The Queen Mary, and St Mungo
We have four flags flying at the pier in Huntington Beach, California: California State Flag, American Flag, POW Flag and Huntington Beach City Flag...
the colorful stuff were some prayer flags ..
there some wishes or scripture were written in Tibetans ..
something like 'amanibeibeihom' ,
once they are blown by the wind .. the prayer words will be read ....
American flag paintings in the flea market area in front of Eastern Market, in Washington DC's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
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