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	Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The flag was green with a red saltire and a large fl star in the centre.
		Both the Air Ensign and the Civil Air Ensign are light blue with the national flag in canton and with an emblem in the fly: Air Force uses its aircraft marking, while the civil air ensign has a fl star.
		Smith [smi75b] says regarding the Presidential flag: «The flag is composed of authentic Ghanaian symbols, meaning sovereignty, good luck and sanctity.» Therefore this “teuton cross’ has apparently here nothing to do with German symbolics.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gh.html (904 words)

	Grand Union Flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This flag consisted of 13 red and white stripes, signifying the "uniqueness and unity" of the Thirteen Colonies, with the British Union Flag in the canton, as a symbol of many colonial leaders' wishes to keep close ties with Great Britain.
		The flag was the official flag for the beginning of the American Revolution.
		It was replaced by a 13-star flag (sometimes known as the Betsy Ross or Francis Hopkinson flag), representing the original thirteen colonies which became states of the infant republic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Union_Flag (448 words)

	Iowa Battle Flag Preservation - Gallery C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The flag was made by the Ladies of Anamosa, who printed their names on the stars in the canton.
		It is a wool national flag with 45 cotton stars appliqued in 6 rows on the canton.
		G.A.R. Associated with the flag is a wool and silk cord with tassels and the flagstaff.
	www.iowaflags.org /galleryc.html (1082 words)

	Glossary of Flag Terms
		The official (or unofficial) flag of the country used by the people, as opposed to the state flag reserved for the government or the military.
		In navies this is, as a rule, a flag identifying nationality, but not necessarily in the same design as the ensign, while on non-naval vessels, the jack may have other meanings, or be decorative.
		Smith stated that "the common denominator distinguishing a pennant from a flag seems to be that the former is always secondary to the latter in importance and differs in shape, proportions, size, and/or manner of display".
	fotw.fivestarflags.com /xf-glos.html (3305 words)

	flag of Ghana flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		The flag was officially hoisted 1957.03.06, replaced shortly with version with white middle stripe 1964.01.01 to 1966.02.28, when this flag was reintroduced.
		The flag was green with a red saltire and a large fl star in the centre.
		Both the Air Ensign and the Civil Air Ensign are light blue with the national flag in canton and with an emblem in the fly: Air Force uses its aircraft marking, while the civil air ensign has a fl star.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/gh.html (904 words)

	USFlag.org: A website dedicated to the Flag of the United States of America - Glossary
		The four quarters of a flag are named cantons, especially the upper quarter of the hoist, that is, the upper left hand corner of the flag; the canton is sometimes also called the union
		A flag which is colored according to the owner's livery and displays the owner's badge or badges instead of his arms.
		Also, the canton of (1) the U.S. flag, (2) British ensigns, and (3) British Commonwealth flags that are based on the British ensigns.
	www.usflag.org /flagglossary.html (574 words)

	Malaysia
		The Malaysian National Flag consists of fourteen red and white stripes (along the fly) of equal width, a union or canton of dark blue, a crescent and a star.
		The rules for flying flags seem to be the same as in the UK, etc, except that in Malaysia state flags are flown in the honour position at state events and on state holidays.
		I know that various red/white striped flags were adopted by (or imposed on) Dutch colonies in that area in the 19th Century, but I have seen no other examples of a blue canton being used with them.
	www.fotw.us /flags/my.html (1351 words)

	History
		This flag was nearly identical to the Liberty Flag that was used by the Sons of Liberty (the Sons were a group of colonists who were getting ready to fight the British).
		Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
		On November 22, 1963, the 50-star flag flew at half-mast throughout the country and the world as the United States mourned the death of the fourth president in American history to be assassinated, John F. Kennedy.
	flagmanstore.com /history.htm (3676 words)

	flag of El Salvador - Historical Flags (1865 - 1912) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		The law described the canton as having as many stars as there are provinces, but we have no records about flags with eleven or thirteen stars (which would have been possible), but a postage stamp of 1867 shows the arms with eleven stars and one of 1879 with thirteen stars(!).
		For the 1877 flag ther one that was officilally use in public events as shown on the picture taken at the park, but there was another version that I have seen used on books and a flag that I have from the period.
		The 1877 flag, with 14 stars in canton, is shown by Znamierowski [zna00) with proportion 1:2.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/sv-1865.html (1747 words)

	World Flag Database: Help
		On the United States flag the canton is occupied by the blue rectangle with the fifty white stars representing the states of the Union.
		The flag flown by a civilian vessel from its ensign mast (the mast at the stern of the vessel) or from its rear-most-mast.
		The flag flown by citizens of the country and is usually used to represent the country abroad.
	www.flags.net /old/help.htm (393 words)

	Weimar Republic Flags 1921-1933 (Germany)
		In addition, the flag ordinance of 5 May 1926 provided that at embassies and consulates outside of Europe and at European port cities, the merchant flag be flown along with the Government authorities flag on land.
		This flag showed in a widened red stripe of the fl-red-gold triband a post horn emblem (different from the one used 1893-1919 and also different from the one used 1950-1994).
		In 1933, the state flag and ensign and the civil ensign were abolished.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/de1921.html (1432 words)

	Flag Terminology Parts of a Flag
		Canton: When it exists, the canton is found in the upper left-hand corner of a flag.
		By definition, it is the "top inner corner of a flag." Flags with cantons include the United States flag, the Georgia flag, the Hawaii flag and the Mississippi flag.
		Field: The section of the flag between the hoist and the fly ends is called the field or, sometimes, the ground.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/flags/flag_terminology.htm (480 words)

	Sarajevo Canton (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
		The new flag and Coat of Arms are supposedly adopted sometime in 1999, and are reported seen in use on flags in Sarajevo during summer 1999.
		For that reason the prescriptions mentioning those functions are now removed from the text of the flag law, replacing, for example determination that the original of the flag and the Coat of Arms shall be preserved with the president, to the chairman of the assembly (parliament).
		The flag is white with the coat of arms in the middle.
	www.fotw.us /flags/ba-sa.html (1413 words)

	Georgia State Flag - About the Georgia Flag, its adoption and history with printable graphics
		Sometime in the 1920s, the state flag began appearing with the state seal depicted instead of the shield or the coat of arms as stipulated in 1902.
		For years the design of the flag was challenged and in January, 2001, the Georgia House and Senate voted on a new design intended to recognize the Confederate Battle Flag's historical significance while minimizing its prominence as representative of the state of Georgia.
		The first flag is that of the United States, with its 13 stars, one for each of the colonies, circled on the blue canton.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/flags/ga_flag.htm (1532 words)

	The Language of Flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The horizontal length of a flag; the length of a flag from the hoist end to the fly end.
		A popular symbol used in flags throughout the world; the first official American flag and the first flag of the Confederacy included stars in the canton; stars on flags are usually pentagrams, or five-pointed stars.
		The upper corner, or quarter, of a flag next to the flag staff; the term is derived from the use of the British Union Flag in the canton of various British flags.
	mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature2/flagglossary.html (413 words)

	United States Flag History - Flag Glossary of Terms
		The term is also loosely applied to a national flag (e.g., the "star-Spangkled Banner") and is today synonymous with flag.
		A special flag based on a country's national flag and used exclusively on naval ships or merchant ships.
		It is smaller than the U.S. flag that is usually flown at the installation.
	stockholm.usembassy.gov /usflag/flag_glossary.html (559 words)

	Ensigns (Brunei) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Now, the crossless flag is a new one (adopted when?) replacing the version with thin blue cross and 2:3 ratio, shown in several sources (Smith 1980, Album des Pavillons 1995, Shipmate chart).
		The same flag with cross is mentioned in Crampton 1990, but there the cross is described red.
		The naval ensign of Brunei takes the military flag and places it in the canton of a white flag with a narrow blue cross (about 1/13th of the width of the flag).
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/bn~.html (593 words)

	Third National Flag of the Confederacy, 1865 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Concern over the Second National Flag led to the introduction of a bill in December 1864 to change the national flag yet again.
		The flag's canton (i.e., the Confederate Battle Flag) changed from a square to a rectangle of a width three-fifths the width of the flag, and of a length so that the field beyond it measured twice the width of the field below the canton.
		The flag continued to use a white field, except that the outer half of the field to the right of the Battle Flag canton consisted of a vertical red band.
	www.sos.state.ga.us /museum/html/flag_1865.htm (168 words)

	El Salvador - Historical Flags (1865 - 1912) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The flags in use were a national flag (plain), a national flag at sea (silver letters DIONS UNION LIBERTAD), state flag on land and at sea (same with gold letters), a flag for the Diplomatic Corps and their ships (coa in the center).
		The Spanish flag with the coat of arms of the period was the flag that flew at the time untill 1821.
		Then the flag of the mexican empire flew in certain parts of the intendencia and the new adopted light blue white light blue was flown from february 1922.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/sv-1865.html (3210 words)

	American Flag
		The shape and flag ratio of the American flag is described as 1:2 (length twice the height)
		The American flag adopted was the 'Grand Union Flag' and continued to display the Union Jack in the Canton together with red and white stripes
		The first Stars and Stripes flag used by the Navy, displayed the 13 stars in alternating rows of three and two and in 1780 Francis Hopkinson wrote a letter to the Board of Admiralty in 1780 saying that he was the one who had designed the first flag (this has not been verified)
	www.flags-flags-flags.org.uk /american-flag.htm (1658 words)

	USA Flag
		The stars on the USA flag are arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of stars - six stars are displayed on the top and bottom rows - the rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars
		The shape and flag ratio of the USA flag is described as 1:2 (length twice the height)
		The USA flag adopted was the 'Grand Union Flag' and continued to display the Union Jack in the Canton together with red and white stripes
	www.flags-flags-flags.org.uk /usa-flag.htm (1539 words)

	Flags of the World
		This waving flag was drawn by Pascal Gross.
		FOTW (Flags of the World) is a site originally established by Giuseppe Bottasini, and devoted to vexillology.
		Flags of the World is produced and maintained by an Editorial Staff of unpaid volunteers and the contents of these pages are offered freely to the Internet community.
	flagspot.net /flags (406 words)

	cantonrep.com
		CANTON — The city’s sesquicentennial flag 50 years ago was bound to be patriotic.
		They were among several Cantonians who answered the call to design a flag for a city that never had a city banner in its 160-year existence.
		Still, his design essentially was used to create the red, white and blue Canton flag that now flies daily in the center of the city.
	www.cantonrep.com /index.php?Category=8&ID=228651&r=1 (442 words)

	Dictionary of Vexillology: C (Cable Number - Cantonal flag [or banner])
		The flag of the Cantabrian independence movement showing a wheel-like emblem that is considered symbolic of the ancient Cantabrians of Northern Spain.
		1) A term used to describe the canton of a flag when that canton consists of another flag, as in for example the civil ensigns of Australia and India, and the island flag of Nevis — a nationally cantoned flag (see also ‘armorial ensign’, ‘canton 2)’, ‘civil ensign’ under ‘ensign’ and ‘colonial flag’).
		The sub-national flag of a territorial division within a country, particularly if that subdivision is one of those cantons (regions) which make up the Swiss Confederation (see also ‘sub-national flag’).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/vxt-dv-c.html (991 words)

	Canton Flag Football
		Flag football is a great opportunity to introduce kids to the great sport of football in a low key environment.
		Flag football is a non-contact sport where blocking and tackling are not allowed.
		Players are divided into age divisions with younger players participating on co-ed teams and older players being split into boys teams and girls teams.
	www.cantonflagfootball.com (149 words)

	THE 13 STARS AND STRIPES: A SURVEY OF 18TH CENTURY IMAGES
		It should be noted that the two Dutch paintings of the flags of the "Alliance" and the "Serapis" were believed to have been painted from life with some measure of accuracy and would both be the exceptions to this sense, although it is suspected one or both flags were not made in America.
		Canton: the flag is shown "cut off" such that you cannot see any stripes past the fly end of the canton.
		Canton: extends half way into the 8th stripe and is W bordered on all but the hoist side in R. "Rests" half way into a B stripe.
	www.vexman.net /13stars (5259 words)

	SUNY Canton - News
		Alumni, Veterans and College Officials Attend Regan Flag Station Dedication Local veterans, SUNY Canton officials, alumni, and community members were in attendance at the dedication of a new monument honoring the commitment and sacrifice of the North Country men and women who gave their lives defending American freedoms.
		Regan Flag Station Dedication, Wednesday A new monument honoring the commitment and sacrifice of the North Country men and women who gave their lives defending American freedoms will be dedicated at 2 p.m.
		SUNY Canton's admissions counselors will be holding instant admissions for prospective students throughout this week in order to potentially allow those students to start classes on time this fall.
	www.canton.edu /public_relations/news.html (1413 words)

	Types of Flags: Canton - EnchantedLearning.com
		A canton flag is a type of flag that has a rectangular inset on the upper hoist side (the side by the flagpole).
		A page on the flag plus a quiz/coloring printout and a coloring page.
		Let us know if there is a flag or flag quiz/coloring printout you'd like to see on EnchantedLearning.com.
	www.zoomschool.com /geography/flags/canton.shtml (210 words)

	World Flags - EnchantedLearning.com
		There are pages on flags from each of the seven continents plus a few extra flags.
		A printout in which you can make a flag to represent a state, a school, a classroom, a club, a family, a person, etc. Or go to a fill-in-the-blank activity about your new flag.
		Answer 8 multiple-choice questions on the definition of vexillology (the study of flags); a lesson in using a dictionary.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /geography/flags (274 words)

	NationMaster - World Statistics, Country Comparisons
		You can also view profiles of individual countries including their maps and flags, use correlation reports and scatterplots to find relationships between variables, and refer to fully integrated encyclopedia with over one million articles.
		We have translated our winning formula of statistical comparisons, graphs, maps and flags to the 50 states of America, giving our users another level of data at their fingertips.
		Detailed state profiles, as well as thousands of maps and flags, are also included in the database, making us a one-stop resource for information about US states.
	flags.nationmaster.com /country/gh/1 (4140 words)

	Plymouth-Canton Flag Football League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Online registration for the Fall 2007 Flag Football season is now officially underway.
		We will be back for yet another wonderful season of flag football action.
		An agreement has been made with Canton Leisure Services and the Plymouth-Canton School District to bring the M.Y.F.F.L. back for another action packed year of flag football.
	eteamz.active.com /michiganyouthflagfootball/index.cfm?subsite=3609313 (300 words)

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