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  2. Flag of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The flag proportions on land and the war flag used by the British Army have the proportions 3:5. [1] The flag's height-to-length proportions at sea are 1:2. [2] The Union Flag also features in the canton of the flags of the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, and the British Merchant Navy. These flags are known as ensigns.

  3. Union Jack - Wikipedia

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    and in King George III's proclamation of 1 January 1801 concerning the arms and flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: . And that the Union Flag shall be Azure, the Crosses Saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick Quarterly per Saltire, counterchanged Argent and Gules; the latter fimbriated of the Second, surmounted by the Cross of St. George of the Third, fimbriated as the ...

  4. Salute - Wikipedia

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    The salute of the Australian or New Zealand Army is best described as the right arm taking the path of the longest way up and then the shortest way down. Similar in many ways, the salute of the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force takes the longest way up and the shortest way down. The Royal Australian Navy and Royal New ...

  5. List of United Kingdom flags - Wikipedia

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    British republican flag proposal used within the Chartism movement. A British republican flag, which originated in 1816, in use until at least 1935. [103] British republican flag proposal within the Chartism movement. The Republican tricolour proposed by Hugh Williams in 1838 and described in LJ "Spartacus" Linton's 1851 poem"Our Tricolour". [104]

  6. Red Ensign - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the British ensigns, and it is used either plain or defaced with either a badge or a charge, mostly in the right half. It is the flag flown by British merchant or passenger ships since 1707. Prior to 1707, an English red ensign and a Scottish red ensign were flown by the English Royal Navy and the Royal Scots Navy, respectively ...

  7. Here's How You Should Properly Dispose of an American Flag - AOL

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    Summer is full of patriotic celebrations. The Pioneer Woman Mercantile hosts a fantastic 4th of July celebration, and Ree's even been known to make a flag cake for Memorial Day.Some people set out ...

  8. Flag protocol - Wikipedia

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    From left to right, the presidential standard of Italy, the flag of Italy and the flag of the European Union. A flag protocol (or flag code) is a set of rules and regulations for the display of flags within a country, including national, subnational, and foreign flags. Generally, flag protocols call for the national flag to be the most ...

  9. Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest ...

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    That flag, a symbol of American resistance during the Revolutionary War, has been adopted by the far-right and Christian nationalist movements. It has been flown at Trump rallies and was seen ...