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Redneck is a derogatory term mainly, but not exclusively, applied to white Americans perceived to be crass and unsophisticated, closely associated with rural whites of the southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its meaning possibly stems from the sunburn found on farmers' necks dating back to the late 19th century. [ 3 ]
Use: National flag : Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: March 4, 1865: Design: A white rectangle, one-and-a-half times as wide as it is tall, a red vertical stripe on the far right of the rectangle, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five-pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire.
The black flag has been associated with anarchism since the 1880s, when several anarchist organizations and journals adopted the name Black Flag. [1] The black flag, a traditional anarchist symbol. Howard J. Ehrlich writes in Reinventing Anarchy, Again: The black flag is the negation of all flags. It is a negation of nationhood...
Peckerwood is a term used as a racial epithet for white people, especially poor rural whites. [2] Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs.
The 50th anniversary reunion at Gettysburg in 1913 was a turning point in obtaining national acceptance of the flag and other Confederate symbols. The flag appears prominently in The Birth of a Nation (1915), a highly successful and influential film which promotes eugenics. Woodrow Wilson made this the first ever film to air at the White House ...
The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.
The rattlesnake was a symbol of the unity of the Thirteen Colonies at the start of the Revolutionary War, and it had a long history as a political symbol in America. Benjamin Franklin used it for his Join, or Die woodcut in 1754. [5] [9] Gadsden intended his flag to serve as a physical symbol of the American Revolution's ideals. [5]
According to folk etymology, the name is derived from the effects of the tropical sun on the fair-skinned legs of white emigrants, now known as sunburn.However, the term "Redlegs" and its variants were also in use for Irish soldiers who were taken as prisoners of war in the Irish Confederate Wars and transported to Barbados as indentured servants.