The City of Birmingham, England’s second city and Europe’s largest local authority, has formally launched a competition to design a flag for registration with with the Flag Institute. Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Mike Leddy, chair of the Birmingham Flag Project Team, said: You may well think that Birmingham already has a flag, but this isn’t […]
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 […]
Flag Institute: Change of Official Address
Updated with effect from August 2023, our official address has changed. Please write to: The Flag Institute, 84 Norwood Grove, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 9HS, United Kingdom. NOTE: This mailbox is not staffed full time. For any urgent enquiry, please email the Flag Institute. The Flag Institute was based originally at the Chester […]
French national day of mourning
After the attack on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, the French government has declared Thursday 8 January as a national day of mourning for the twelve victims. This will be only France’s sixth national day of mourning in the past 50 years. In the UK you may fly the national flag at half-mast whenever […]
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