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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 first Confederate flag and five other nations that have had sovereignty over Texas (Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, United States) appear above one of the side entrances to the Capitol. They also appear on the reverse of the Seal of Texas, which is the subject of a floor mosaic in the Capitol Extension.
Nordic Cross Flag [6] Ireland 1922–present The green signifies the Catholic majority. The orange signifies the Protestant minority [12] Ingria: 1919–present Nordic Cross Flag [13] Kingdom of Italy: 1861–1946 Christian cross: Jersey 1981–present Saltire Kingdom of Jerusalem: 1162–1291 Jerusalem cross [14] Liechtenstein 1982–present ...
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The "Confederate Flag" has a color scheme similar to that of the most common Battle Flag design, but is rectangular, not square. The "Confederate Flag" is a highly recognizable symbol of the South in the United States today and continues to be a controversial icon.
This article is a list of national symbols of the Confederate States of America enacted through legislation.Upon its independence (adoption of the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States) on February 8, 1861, [1] and subsequent foundation of the permanent government on February 22, 1862, [2] the Confederate States Congress adopted national symbols distinct from ...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time over a banner that in recent years has come to symbolize sympathies with the Christian ...
Confederate Memorial Day is one of three Confederate holidays — along with the birthdays of General Robert E. Lee and Confederate States President Jefferson Davis — still on the books in the ...