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  2. List of flags with reverses that differ from the obverse

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    This article contains a list of flags for which the reverse (back ) is different from the obverse (front ).It includes current as well as historic flags of both nations and national subdivisions such as provinces, states, territories, cities and other administrations (including a few that are not recognized by the United Nations or whose sovereignty is in dispute).

  3. File:European flag, upside down.svg - Wikipedia

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    This flag is fictitious, proposed, or locally used unofficially.It has not been adopted in an official capacity, and although it may be named as if it was an official flag of a geographical or other entity and have some visual elements that are similar to official logos or flags of that entity, it does not have any official recognition.

  4. Flag of Europe - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Europe or European flag [note 1] consists of twelve golden stars forming a circle on a blue field. It is the official flag of the European Union.It was designed and adopted in 1955 by the Council of Europe (CoE) as a symbol for the whole of Europe.

  5. Viewers Spot an Error During the Paris Olympics Opening Show

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    Interestingly, an upside down flag was at one point an apolitical gesture by sailors to signal distress. In the United States, though, flying the American flag upside down has evolved into a form ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Trump supporters turn US flags upside down to protest guilty ...

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    An upside-down U.S. flag was first used by sailors in the 1700s to signal distress, said presidential historian Timothy Naftali. It has since taken on a long history of political symbolism on the ...

  8. Vexillological symbol - Wikipedia

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    Flag has different designs on its obverse side and its reverse side Obverse side meant to be hoisted with pole to the observer's right Design officially authorized to represent nation by government of that nation (not necessary to use when the de jure symbol is used) Design used in the past, but now abandoned

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

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    Some users also posted images of the “Appeal to Heaven" flag in response to the verdict. 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 during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.