On 27 February 1990 Latvia re-adopted the flag used after declaring independence from Russia on 18 November 1918. But the story behind it dates back over 700 years. According to legend, the body of a Latvian clan leader was wrapped in a white sheet. The strip where he lay remained white but his blood stained […]
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Flag of Gambia
The flag of Gambia celebrated its 50th anniversary on Wednesday 18 February 2015. The date also marks the golden jubilee of Gambian independence from the United Kingdom. A blue stripe flows through the centre of the flag, just as the river Gambia bisects the country. The red stripe symbolises the savannah and the sun. Given […]
Flag of Canada
Canada’s iconic Maple Leaf flag was officially unveiled on 15 February 1965 on Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Queen Elizabeth II had proclaimed it as the new flag of Canada just over two weeks earlier. Its designers were George Stanley and Col. John Matheson. George Stanley was Dean of the Arts at the Royal Military College of […]
Flag of Chile
The flag of Chile, as La Estrella Solitaria (The Lone Star), is approaching its bicentenary. Chile adopted the flag on 18 October 1817, roughly five months before declaring independence from Spain. Only the flags of Denmark (1370), the Netherlands (1572), UK (1606) and USA (1777) have an older adoption date. The flag is very similar […]
Flag of Australia
Australia adopted its national flag on 3 September 1901, and King Edward VII officially recognised it seventeen months later. Its designers were Ivor Evans, Leslie John Hawkins, Egbert John Nuttall, Annie Dorrington and William Stevens. Ivor Evans was a 14-year-old Melbourne schoolboy; teenager Leslie Hawkins, a Sydney optician’s apprentice; Egbert Nuttall, a Melbourne architect; Annie […]
Flag of USA (51 stars)
The USA Flag is perhaps the most recognisable in the world. Depending on your perspective it can symbolise the land of the free and the home of the brave. Or it’s the face of everything that’s wrong with the world or your country. So when angry business owners in Moscow began using the flag as […]
What does the European Flag even mean?
As you might expect, we keep a reasonable eye on flag-related projects in all mediums around the world. There are lots of talented people out there, doing lots of great flag-related work. However this ‘explainer video’ by Mike Hobbes is a bit special. Although not entirely error-free, it is still a marvelous attempt to bring […]
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