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Some teams participate in the Flag Football Scrimmage Games held on Caserma Ederle Aug. 21.
Three games were played in the evening at the Track field:
173rd Rear Detachment vs. Staff Judge Advocate (SJA): 25-6;
USAHC vs. 173rd Rear Detachment: 6-23;
DENTAC vs. 509th Sig Bn.: 0-44.
The regular season will start Aug. 27 until Oct. 17. The participating teams will play on Monday & Wednesday at 6 and 7 p.m. Call 634-7009 for information.
Learn more on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil or www.facebook.com/USAGVicenza.
Photo by Laura Kreider, USAG Vicenza Public Affairs Office.
There are officially two flags of Bavaria: the striped type, and the lozenge type, both of which are blue and white. Both flags are historically associated with the Wittelsbach family, which ruled Bavaria. [1]
Both horizontal and vertical flags with stripes or blue and white lozenges without arms can be considered official for use as state and civil flag and as civil ensign (on lakes and rivers). The variants defaced with the arms are not only unofficial, but not considered legal. However, the de facto used civil flag is in most cases a lozenge-style flag with the arms.
The exact shade of blue has never been set in stone, but most flags used by the public are approximately RGB 0-204-255; official use something closer to RGB 0-128-255. The lonzenges are neither set in number, except there must be at least 21, and the top right (incomplete) lozenge must be white.[2] Some people believe the lozenges to be representative of the lakes and rivers of Bavaria; or their colour to be that of the lakes or the sky or both (as in the Bavarian anthem, which says 'die Farben seines [or "deines" [3]] Himmels, Weiß und Blau' - 'the colours of His sky/heaven, white and blue'); but this has never been proven. The other argument is that they are historical.
The art of flag throwing dates back to medieval guilds (principally in Italy). A guild's banner or flag was considered a symbol of purity, and as such it was not allowed to touch the ground.
. In acrobatical flag throwing, the thrower uses both hands to move the flag in a sitting, laying, or kneeling posture.The tradition of flag throwing is thought to have arisen from medieval battle, the ensign carrier being one of the most important soldiers on the field of battle, carrier of the symbol of the army, expected to defend the flag with his life and rally the troops to its colours. In the event of his being overcome, he would throw the flag to a comrade and so began the practice of hurling the banner high in the sky to land safely in the hands of another.
The Texas and American flags fly over the Agricultural Heritage Center & Museum in Boerne, Texas October 1, 2005.