St Helena’s national day commemorates the island’s discovery in 1502 by Galician navigator João da Nova, then serving the King of Portugal.
Anchoring in the present James Bay, da Nova named the island ‘Santa Helena’ after St Helena of Constantinople, whose feast according to the Orthodox Church falls on 21 May.
Our WhatsApp group is busy with talk about what sheep produce the best wool for flag making.
There are people who like flags.
There are flag nerds.
Then somewhere in the farthest corners of Outer Space, there’s us.
Well done if you guessed Port of Spain 🇹🇹, and Tirana 🇦🇱
Courtesy of an Australian friend who found this in the paper.
Can you name the 2 capital cities?
The Flag Institute is an adviser to the UK Parliamentary Flags & Heraldry Committee.
The Flag Institute is an active member of FIAV (Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques).
