Archer 007
Rebirth
Im from a state with a current flag that was a hasty replacement for an old racist symbol, but it will revert back. Guess which US state?
What does your Nations Flag mean?
- Thread starter gael
- Start date
Plexus
Architeuthidae puericomedentis
Kinniken
Riding with William
The Norman Flag shows two leaopards on a red background, which were the arms of William the Conqueror, who brought civilization to the Barbarous British *ducks before Pillager's sword comes down on my neck*
The French flag was adopted during the French Revolution as a replacement for the Royal Flag. Even more than a symbol of France, it is a symbol of the French Republic.
Many interpretations of its colors were proposed ; the most current today is that the Blue represent France, the white the Monarchy and the Red the revolution which toppled it. However, historians seems to believe that while the White does stand for the French royalty, the blue and red are in fact the colors of Paris, which were imposed by the (mainly parisian) revolutionaries to the King at the beginning of the revolution.
The flag of the European Union is orginaly that of the Council of Europe. The stars represent hope, perfection and the states of Europe ; the number, twelve, was choosen as a symbol of perfection after the idea of a star per member was abandoned due to conflict too long to relate here
The flag of the United Nations represents the world (duh!) and the hope for peace, symbolised by the Olive Branch (re-duh!).
Enough flags for now... I thought of adding my city's flag, but it's ugly
The French flag was adopted during the French Revolution as a replacement for the Royal Flag. Even more than a symbol of France, it is a symbol of the French Republic.
Many interpretations of its colors were proposed ; the most current today is that the Blue represent France, the white the Monarchy and the Red the revolution which toppled it. However, historians seems to believe that while the White does stand for the French royalty, the blue and red are in fact the colors of Paris, which were imposed by the (mainly parisian) revolutionaries to the King at the beginning of the revolution.
The flag of the European Union is orginaly that of the Council of Europe. The stars represent hope, perfection and the states of Europe ; the number, twelve, was choosen as a symbol of perfection after the idea of a star per member was abandoned due to conflict too long to relate here
The flag of the United Nations represents the world (duh!) and the hope for peace, symbolised by the Olive Branch (re-duh!).
Enough flags for now... I thought of adding my city's flag, but it's ugly
phoenix_night
Deity
- Joined
- Jan 30, 2003
- Messages
- 3,853
The focal point of the Welsh flag is the red dragon. The dragon was originally brought to Wales by the romans who administered much of the country. The dragon served as symbol of authority but when the Romans left the dragon remained. The red dragon then took its place as the symbol which united the people of Wales. It was often used in war and represented the Welsh people.
Though the green and white banners that the red dragon sits atop may have been used to represent the Welsh land, this is not the official reason for their presence. The white-over-green field is in the livery colours of the Tudors, the Welsh dynasty that once sat on the English throne. It was during the reign of this dynasty that the current flag became the official flag of Wales, though it had been in use for centuries before.
And here it is:
Though the green and white banners that the red dragon sits atop may have been used to represent the Welsh land, this is not the official reason for their presence. The white-over-green field is in the livery colours of the Tudors, the Welsh dynasty that once sat on the English throne. It was during the reign of this dynasty that the current flag became the official flag of Wales, though it had been in use for centuries before.
And here it is:
Attachments
Octavian X
is not a pipe.
I'm American by birth. However, my mother was born in The Philippines, and as such I have strong connection with that country...
The National Flag has a white triangle at the left containing a sunburst with eight rays at the center, a five-pointed star at each angle of the triangle, an upper stripe of dark blue, and lower stripe of red. The white triangle stood for their hope for equality; the blue color stood for peace, truth and justice; and the red stood for patriotism and valor. The sunburst of eight rays represented the first eight provinces to take up arms against Spain - Manila, Laguna, Pampanga, Cavite, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bantangas, and Tarlac, and the three stars symbolized Luzon , the Visayas and Mindanao. In times of peace, the blue stripe is uppermost, but when the nation is at war, the red stripe is on top.
The National Flag has a white triangle at the left containing a sunburst with eight rays at the center, a five-pointed star at each angle of the triangle, an upper stripe of dark blue, and lower stripe of red. The white triangle stood for their hope for equality; the blue color stood for peace, truth and justice; and the red stood for patriotism and valor. The sunburst of eight rays represented the first eight provinces to take up arms against Spain - Manila, Laguna, Pampanga, Cavite, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bantangas, and Tarlac, and the three stars symbolized Luzon , the Visayas and Mindanao. In times of peace, the blue stripe is uppermost, but when the nation is at war, the red stripe is on top.
Kinniken
Riding with William
Brilliant! Honestly I find the symbolism (especialy the stars and sun thing) of the flag a bit heavy, but the idea of having blue for peace and red for war and changing which one is on top during war is just brilliant...
Yago
came undone
It is evident from its history that the Swiss national flag evolved from war flags, which is why it is square. One of the flags of the Holy Roman Empire was a white cross extending to the edges of a red field, and symbolised the Emperor's role as the protector of Christianity. This eventually became the Empire's war flag, and inspired many other flags in the German and Italian states. When the Emperor granted sovereignty to a city-state, a red flag -- sometimes with white cross -- signified freedom and independence from all temporal powers other than the emperor.
The Swiss flag traditionally stands for freedom, honour and fidelity.
The Swiss flag traditionally stands for freedom, honour and fidelity.
Zwelgje
Deity
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2001
- Messages
- 3,953
Well blue and white were the colours of the flag of the province of Orange in France. That's where our royal family comes from. In honour of the family of Orange these colours were used for the flag and an orange stripe was added. This stripe was later on converted to red for better visibility at sea.
The flag was chosen as the official flag of the Netherlands in 1579 and was the example for both the Russian and French flag.
Archer 007
Rebirth
Correct! You deserve an apple
Mojotronica
Expect Irony.
Washington is the 42nd state -- it entered the Union in 1889. Since the state was named after President Washington (the only state named for a US President,) his image was incorporated into the state seal in 1889 and then the flag in 1923. The flag is green because WA is "The Evergreen State," nicknamed by C.T. Conover, pioneer Seattle realtor and historian, for its abundant evergreen forests.
Attachments
Kinniken
Riding with William
Originally posted by sysyphus
I was told that the red, white and blue of the French flag were chosen to honour the USA.
Possibly... After all, Lafayette played a very important role in the beginning of the French revolution. Having the same colors might have been an additional reason to choose blue, white and red ; there is not necessarily only one reason for the choice.
Despite the obvious graphic similarity of the flag, this seems very unlikely. Why would revolutionary France want to imitate the flag of a (rather minor) Kingdom with which it had no particuliar ties?
Håkan Eriksson
Commander of the Swedes.
The actuall colors represent chrisitanity too:
Blue - represents heaven. Home of the Christian god.
Yellow - not sure, but historically it can represent gold and preciousnes, treachery and betrayal (the color of Judas is yellow) and China (historical color of the emperor)...
I would think that in our flag it represent a precious crucifix and not a treachery one (and not that it is a crucifix from China, but I'm not sure, doesn't it say "made in China" on everything now?).
Archer 007
Rebirth
Im not exactly sure what it stands for, but gold (yellow) is a traditional colour of the Jews (it was one of the colours to be used in Israeli flag proposes).
Since most of you are doing your State/Provincial flags i might as well do the Ulster flag:
The flag on top:
The Ulster flag combines the emblem of the O'Neill cheiftens of Tyrone (the red hand) with that of the de Burgos (a red cross on a gold field) - the house to which the earldom of Ulster belonged until 1333 when the last de Burgo earl died.
Beburgo was a Norman in case anyones wondering.
The red hand of Ulster comes from a legend from one of Ireland's many legendary invasions. The leader of a war party promised a prize to the first man to touch land with his right hand; so the winner, a left-handed man, cut off his right hand and threw it onto the shore. (I guessing it wasn't a pair of gloves)
The middle image is all the four provincal flags together. The bottom one is the ulster flag changed to suit the unionists.
If you really want a laugh check out this madman:
http://www.anycities.com/jahtruth/uflag.htm
The flag on top:
The Ulster flag combines the emblem of the O'Neill cheiftens of Tyrone (the red hand) with that of the de Burgos (a red cross on a gold field) - the house to which the earldom of Ulster belonged until 1333 when the last de Burgo earl died.
Beburgo was a Norman in case anyones wondering.
The red hand of Ulster comes from a legend from one of Ireland's many legendary invasions. The leader of a war party promised a prize to the first man to touch land with his right hand; so the winner, a left-handed man, cut off his right hand and threw it onto the shore. (I guessing it wasn't a pair of gloves)
The middle image is all the four provincal flags together. The bottom one is the ulster flag changed to suit the unionists.
If you really want a laugh check out this madman:
http://www.anycities.com/jahtruth/uflag.htm
Attachments
Zcylen
Moonlight Rambler
here's a brief story:
green :hope of our independence leaders
white :the purity of the ancient habitants (the aztecs)
red :the blood of the brave fighters who defended the nation from evil invaders
and in the center, the eagle and the snake, the story is this.
1000 years ago, the aztecs were nomads, they were looking for the perfect spot to fund a new empire.
Huitzilopoztli, the war God said that, they will find the place of the new empire in the moment they see an eagle, eating a snake.
so, the aztecs were looking for that during decades, finally they found it!
the eagle eating a snake, but there was a problem, the eagle was eating the snake in the middle of a small island in a big lake!
but it was an order from their God, so something had to be done.
the aztecs formed a great army and conquered the near villages and got a lot of slaves, then they started to work in the building of the new city and they filled the lake.
the city of Tenochtitlan (the land of Tenochas) was born.
after Mexico, was independent from Spain we adopted the aztec symbol and we have kept it by almost 180 years
Zwelgje
Deity
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2001
- Messages
- 3,953
There are probably as many explanations for the origin of the french flag as there are historians interested in the subject. Anyway, I found a few of them, one even says it is based upon the colours of the British flag! 
http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/frflag.htm#tricolorhttp://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr.html
http://www.info-france-usa.org/atoz/flag.asp
http://paintcafe.sympatico.ca/en/propos/histoire/bleublancrouge/
