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Re: Re[2]: ?? Religious Symbol on CSP!!
Randy Finder (naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU)
Wed, 27 May 1998 15:25:11 -0400
On Wed, 27 May 1998 billw@okway.okstate.edu wrote:
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> FYI the accepted flag for Wales is Green and White horizontal halves
> with a red dragon superimposed.
But that flag is relatively modern (this century)
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> Note that until 1606 the flag of St:George was the flag. From 1606 to
> 1801, the flag of St:George was superimposed on the flag of St:Andrew
> following the Union of England and Scotland under James I (of
> England), VI (Of Scotland). This 'jacck' had no red stripes in the
> whitle diagonal cross. In 1801 St:Patrick was added.
And I've lost track of the number of things celebrating the US war of
Independence that have the Post 1801 Union Jack associated with the
British troops in the field. :(
Randy Finder
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> Bill Warde
> Council Commissioner (Will Rogers Council)
> Queen Scout (UK) 1952
>
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