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Find answers to common and uncommon questions about the United States Flag and its evolution. Information on Flag etiquette and the US Flag Code.
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The Mexican flag embodies the rich history of Mexico by evolving from at least three different traditions: the indigenous, the colonial and hispanic religious heritage and the liberal force that advocated the creation of independent sovereign states. The flag consists of three bands of colors green, white in the middle and red, with the white part containing the symbol of the eagle and the snake.
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The Italian flag is a rectangular drape, vertically divided into three equal sections: green, white and red. The three colors of the flag represent, symbolically, the three cardinal virtues: Green - Hope, White - Faith, Red - Charity.
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The German flag is a horizontal tricolor, with black, red, and yellow stripes. The colors of the flag were the colors of the German soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars.
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The Republic of Ireland's flag is made of three equal-sized rectangles of orange, white, and green (this type of flag is called a tricolor). The flag is twice as wide as it is tall. The green side is by the flagpole. This flag was first used in 1848.
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The Canadian National Flag was adopted by the Canadian Parliament on October 22, 1964 and was proclaimed into law by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (the Queen of Canada) on February 15, 1965. The Canadian Flag (colloquially known as The Maple Leaf Flag) is a red flag of the proportions two by length and one by width, containing in its centre a white square, with a single red stylized eleven-point maple leaf centred in the white square.
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