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I am confused as to why the flag is confusing.
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Chris Fountain
How many knew that the Puerto Rican and Cuban flag are directly opposite to same configuration and colors?
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NICOS
But I do understand the confusion about my country... I live in the Netherlands or Holland and I'm Dutch
That’s a good one. I grew up believing the country to be called Holland. It was a good while until I realised that the name is the collective term for two provinces. Many still call it Holland. I guess it rolls off the tongue a little more easily than The Netherlands.
The United Kingdom seems to confuse people, too. We had a good thread about that some years ago, I recollect.
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Chris Fountain
Why is it that if the South wanted their own country they are treasonous. On the other hand where the colonies wanted separation from England they are labeled Heroes? so where does freedom lie?
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Stoneage
Do you mean King Harald V? King Harald I (Harald Fairhair) was Norways's first king (872-930). His sons succeeded him - Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good.
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MadMax
Well back in the day we learned in school that Washington DC, Alaska and Hawaii are states but that would have made it 51 I believe, as I know we didn't treat Puerto Rico as one. Thinking back on it I am dumbfounded as why we should've learned that DC is a state as it's not. 50 it is.
I just learned the capitals of each state (not the flags, though a lot of them are really beautiful), obviously not how many they are
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jbwelda
DC is on the verge of becoming a state. I stopped following it but it is almost a done deal evidently.
And yeah Puerto Rico has always been right next to being the "51st state"...problem was a pervasive "Yanquee Go Home" feeling amongst the masses and the politicians who cater to them. So it never happened.
Imagine the market for new American flags.
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rbk
From a distance the two flags could be confused. Responsible adults, however, would make sure before going into full-on rage harpie mode. Not here, not now. We have people in the US now who ignorantly attempt to destroy the lives of others because of some perceived offense and if called out in error claim it doesn't matter because they meant well. They are ruining everything they touch because they are so desperate to be "offended." It's a fashion statement.
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MisterDDDD
I always remember the year Alaska and Hawaii became states as it was the year I was born. Would love to see PR and DC become states, long overdue.
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MisterDDDD
I always remember the year Alaska and Hawaii became states as it was the year I was born. Would love to see PR and DC become states, long overdue.
In the early 70's I was part of a church youth group working on a project, and I came upon an American flag tucked away in a basement storage closet. This was an old church that only displayed a flag on the 4th of July, and Memorial Day, and this particuar flag wasn't that one they typically used.
This flag didn't look worn, and the pattern of it seemed a little different to my eyes.
I figured it was their old 48-star flag, but when I counted the stars on it: 49.
It must have been acquired just after Alaska became a state--and then quickly became obsolete when Hawaii become the 50th.
I wonder how many of those 49-star flags exist?
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MisterDDDD
I always remember the year Alaska and Hawaii became states as it was the year I was born. Would love to see PR and DC become states, long overdue.
In the early 70's I was part of a church youth group working on a project, and I came upon an American flag tucked away in a basement storage closet. This was an old church that only displayed a flag on the 4th of July, and Memorial Day, and this particuar flag wasn't that one they typically used.
This flag didn't look worn, and the pattern of it seemed a little different to my eyes.
I figured it was their old 48-star flag, but when I counted the stars on it: 49.
It must have been acquired just after Alaska became a state--and then quickly became obsolete when Hawaii become the 50th.
I wonder how many of those 49-star flags exist?