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	Britain Flag, Flag of Great Britain, Flag of Britain, Great Britain Flag, Britain's Flag, Britain Flag Picture
		The Union Flag or the Union Jack is the flag of Britain.
		Rather the flag came to represent the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Scotland by its usage.
		The flag of Britain indicates the union of the three territories.
	www.mapsofworld.com /flags/britain-flag.html (429 words)

	Great Britain's Union Flag, 1606 - 1801 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Although the British flag underwent a number of changes in the 17th century, the St. George's Cross continued as the official national flag.
		In 1721, Britain authorized construction of Fort King George at the mouth of the Altamaha River.
		The current national flag of Great Britain did not come into existence until 1801, so throughout Georgia's existence as a colony, the official land flag would have been the 1707 flag.
	www.sos.state.ga.us /museum/html/flag_1606-1801.htm (178 words)

	Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Britain is an island lying off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe and to the east of Ireland, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom.
		Great Britain, and simply Britain, are used as informal names for the sovereign state properly known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
		The climate of Great Britain is milder than that of other regions of the Northern Hemisphere at the same latitude, because the warm waters of the Gulf Stream pass by the British Isles and exert a moderating influence on the weather.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Britain (1715 words)

	The history of the UK flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The flag is normally called the "Union Jack" because it represents a union of countries - England, Ireland, and Scotland and Wales (the flag does not include a flag from Wales because Wales was never ruled in the same way that the other countries were ruled).
		In 1606, the first flag of Great Britain was developed, which included the crosses of England and Scotland (at this point, Ireland had not been united with England or Scotland).
		If your nation's flag has a little Union Jack in the corner of it, then your country is probably a member of the Commonwealth Nations which include: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Tuvalu, the state of Hawaii, the Australian States and the three Canadian Provinces.
	home.12move.nl /~sh829487/historyflag.htm (359 words)

	A New Flag for Australia: Current Flag
		The Union Flag of Great Britain occupies the canton.
		Although the new flag was gazetted by the government in 1903, it was not until 1954 that legislation was passed proclaiming the flag.
		The flag had many variations; the shade of blue on the cross, the number of points of the stars (generally five or eight), and even the number of stars themselves.
	members.tripod.com /djc9/newflag/current.htm (870 words)

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		Later the flag was raised on the liberty pole at Prospect Hill, which was near George Washington's headquarters in Cambridge, MA.
		It was the unofficial national flag on July 4, 1776, Independence Day; and it remained the unofficial national flag and ensign of the Navy until June 14, 1777 when the Continental Congress authorized the Stars and Stripes.
		The result of their conference was the rendition of the King's colors (union jack), representing the still-recognized sovereignty of England, but coupled with to thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, emblematic of the union of the thirteen colonies against its tyranny and oppression, in place of the loyal red ensign.
	www.srcalifornia.com /flags/flag-grandunion.htm (309 words)

	14 Flags Over Oklahoma
		The flag, the Royal Standard of Spain, was brought to the Great Plains area that included Oklahoma by Coronado and his followers in 1541.
		The flag of the Spanish Empire became the fourth flag, when in 1763 France gave all the country west of the Mississippi to Spain in the Treaty of Paris.
		This flag is red and has a five-pointed white star in the middle with the figure 46 in blue in the middle of the star.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ok/state/flags.html (912 words)

	United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The UK flag consists of three elements: the cross of St. George (red on white) for England, the cross of St. Andrew (white diagonal on blue) for Scotland, and the so-called cross of St. Patrick (red diagonal on white) for Ireland.
		It should thus be noted that the jack flag had existed for over a hundred and fifty years before the jack staff came into being, and its name was related to its size rather than to the position in which it was flown.
		Naval flags were changed in 1908 when the Admiralty decided that the blue in Union Flags and Ensigns should be the same shade of blue as that selected by King Edward VII for the Royal Standard.
	flagspot.net /flags/gb.html (3308 words)

	Royal Union Flag
		However, tolerance of the use of a flag is not equivalent to enshrining it as the national flag.
		On January 1, 1801, the parliament of Ireland was amalgamated with that of Great Britain and the second version of the Union Flag was proclaimed.
		A flag that lacks a legal basis is vulnerable to the caprice of fashion: Just as the Union Flag rose with the ascendancy of imperialism at the beginning of the twentieth century, it sank with the resurgence of nationalism in mid-century.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Nation/Union.html (6367 words)

	United Kingdom - History of the Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		When King James VI of Scotland ascended to the English throne, thereby becoming James I of England, the national flags of England and Scotland on land continued to be, respectively, the red St George's cross and the white St Andrew's cross.
		The flag went out of use in 1649 when England became a commonwealth but was restored for use in the king's ships after the restoration in 1660.
		The flag became 'the ensign armorial of the United Kingdom of Great Britain' as one of the provisions of the Act of Union in 1707, when the kingdoms of England and Scotland were united.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-hist.html (4940 words)

	17^th Century English Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		This became known as the Union Flag, and it was the forerunner of the present flag of Great Britain.
		In the decree of issuance of the new flag, James stipulated that all ships of both English and Scottish registry were to fly this flag from atop their mainmasts.
		In 1801, when Ireland became a part of Great Britain, the flag was redesigned to include the Cross of St. Patrick (red, diagonal), the patron saint of Ireland.
	www.nps.gov /colo/Jthanout/EngFlag.html (421 words)

	True Georgia State Flag is based on a Christian symbol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The flag of Jamaica was adopted on August 6, 1962.
		According to the Acts of Alabama, 1895, the state flag was to be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white.
		state flag was authorized by a joint resolution of the legislature in 1899, approved by state voters in 1900, made this the current State Flag the official banner of Florida.
	www.electmikecrane.org /elect/senate/flag/christian_symbol.phtml (1222 words)

	Understanding the Australian Flag
		Over the years flags have got longer and the story is that the Admiralty made the dye darker so the flags would last longer before having to be replaced because of fading.
		At that time, with the union of Ireland and Great Britain, it became necessary to represent Ireland in the Union Flag and so the cross of St. Patrick was include thus creating the flag as we now have it.
		On the bicentenary of the flag in 2001, the Flag Institute lobbied Parliament to have the flag at last adopted officially as the flag of the United Kingdom on land.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-flags/start_here.htm (1453 words)

	Royal Arch Education
		A simple analogy would be to consider the flag of the United States of America and the flag of Great Britain.
		As such the Flag is elevated, respected and invested with idealistic principles and fulfills all off Albert Pike criterion of moral, political, philosophical and spiritual requirement to honor it as a Symbol.
		The flag of Great Britain is no less significant to its citizens but is considered no more than an Emblem of the union in 1801 between England, Scotland and Ireland that created Great Britain.
	www.yorkriteofcalifornia.org /royalarch/raeduc007.htm (1599 words)

	United Kingdom Flag
		The flag is normally called the "Union Jack" because it represents a union of countries - England, Ireland, and Scotland and Wales (the flag does not include a flag from Wales because Wales was never ruled in the same way that the other countries were ruled).
		In 1606, the first flag of Great Britain was developed, which included the crosses of England and Scotland (at this point, Ireland had not been united with England or Scotland).
		If your nation's flag has a little Union Jack in the corner of it, then your country is probably a member of the Commonwealth Nations which include: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Tuvalu, the state of Hawaii, the Australian States and the three Canadian States.
	www.kidlink.org /KIDPROJ/Flags/flaguk.html (484 words)

	British Flag - World Flags 101 - Britishian Flags
		The flag of Great Britain represents the flags of three countries that are united under one Sovereign and is a combination of their heraldic flags: The flag of England is represented by the St. George's Cross, which is a red cross on a white base.
		The British flag was adopted on January 1, 1801, making it one of the oldest flags in the world.
		Wales isn't represented separately on the flag because it had already been united with England by the time the first flag was formed in 1606.
	www.worldflags101.com /u/uk-flag.aspx (430 words)

	Great Britain Flag - SHOP.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The current flag of Great Britain was first used in 1801 when a new design incorporated three symbolic crosses to represent the United Kingdom.
		This United Kingdom Flag 2 T-Shirt is 100% Preshrunk Ringspun Cotton White Beefy-T Adult t-shirts with the image of United Kingdom Flag 2 printed on front.
		This United Kingdom Flag T-Shirt is 100% Preshrunk Ringspun Cotton White Beefy-T Adult t-shirts with the image of United Kingdom Flag printed on front.
	www.shop.com /op/aprod-~Great+Britain+Flag?SourceID=12 (652 words)

	South Africa (1910-1928) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Both the colonial flags and those used by the Boer Republics became dormant after the establishment of the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910 and the Union Flag of Great Britain became the official flag.
		When the warrants were issued for Red and Blue ensigns for the Union of South Africa in 1910-12, the Red Ensign came to be regarded by the citizenry as the national flag, erroneously of course as the national flag of the Union officially remained the Union Jack.
		It was a red ensign (a red flag with the Union Jack in the upper left corner) and it had a crest on the fly with four quarterings of each of the former provinces on it - Cape, Natal, Transvaal and Orange Free State.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/za_1910.html (1176 words)

	osCommerce: Flag Icons
		Included are 3 replacement images for the flag icons for the 3 default languages - English, Espanol, and German.
		Note that the icon for the English language was changed to be the Stars and Stripes (aka USA flag).
		If you wish to use the familiar Union Jack flag (aka Great Britain), rename the icon_gb.gif file to be icon.gif.
	www.oscommerce.com /community/contributions,1627 (116 words)

	Image:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is the Union flag of Great Britain.
		The original flag (with St. Patrick's saltire) is from the Sodipodi flag collection.
		This term is used by US-based flag makers and sellers because this was one of the flags used by the King's forces during the Revolutionary War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Image:Union_flag_1606_(Kings_Colors).svg (229 words)

	Mooney's Teaching with Flags
		Flag use in a classroom can be educational in many ways, and can be used as a cultural outreach device.
		In this book lessons on the topics of flag history, design, colors, and usage are covered, as well as ways the flags can be used to reach out to students of various grade levels and cultures.
		The flag of Cyprus is simply a map of the country, while the flag of Canada is symbolic of the geography of the country.
	www.flags.av.org /teacher/outline.htm (462 words)

	Grand Union Flag
		The first flag of the colonists to have any resemblance to the present Stars and Stripes was the Grand Union Flag, sometimes referred to as the Congress Colors, the First Navy Ensign, and the Cambridge Flag.
		Later the flag was raised on the liberty pole at Prospect Hill, which was near George Washington's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
		It was our unofficial national flag on July 4, 1776, Independence Day; and it remained the unofficial national flag and ensign of the Navy until June 14, 1777, when the Continental Congress authorized the Stars and Stripes.
	www.foundingfathers.info /American-flag/Grand-Union.html (269 words)

	George Rogers Clark NHP: Flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		To understand the origin of the colorful red-and-green flag, now known as the flag of George Rogers Clark, it is necessary to look at the ledger of Vincennes inhabitant Francis Bosseron.
		Of all the flags and banners used by Clark and his men, the 13-striped-red-and- green flag is the only one that historical records describe.
		This flag was the standard of the British Army during the American Revolution and consequently it flew over Fort Sackville during the winter of 1778-1779.
	www.nps.gov /gero/flags.htm (361 words)

	Flags That Have Flown Over Georgia: The History of the Georgia State Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Old glory fluttered and snapped in the winds over the United States for 85 years until ominous winds began to blow and the nation was divided.
		Many changes have occurred in our flags throughout the years and the Stars and Stripes that we salute today bears no resemblance to Georgia's first flag - the Royal Banner of Ferdinand and Isabella of the late 15th century.
		The following links showcase important flags associated with Georgia's history as a territorial claim, as a colony, and finally as a state and should offer a better understanding of the role flags have always played, and continue to play, in the history and culture of our state and nation.
	www.sos.state.ga.us /museum/html/georgia_flag_history.html (223 words)

	EVERYMONDAY: Standing Together to Stand Strong
		Dave West stands in front of the Flag of Great Britain, recently raised at the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce.
		Today we have hoisted the Union Jack, the Flag of Great Britain and tomorrow we will add the Egyptian Flag, on the Chamber flagpole.
		This is done as a symbol of our solidarity and support of Great Britain, Egypt and all other countries and nations who oppose terrorism, as well as being a sign of remembrance to those who have been injured or have lost their lives as a result of those hideous acts.
	www.imakenews.com /orcc/e_article000431563.cfm?x=b11,0,w (321 words)

	The Grand Union Flag
		Our flag is only as much an American flag as are the flags of Canada, Chile, Mexico, and countless other nations that share the geographical boundaries of the continents called North and South America.
		By basically including a miniature British flag in the design of the new Colonial Flag, the committee was appealing to the wishes of many colonial leaders to repair and maintain their relationship with Great Britain.
		It was this same flag that represented the free and independent people of the Colonies on September 9, 1776 when Congress gave their new nation a name, the "United States".
	www.homeofheroes.com /hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfa_hist.html (1320 words)

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