The City of Birmingham, England’s second city and the largest local authority in Europe, has formally launched a flag competition for a design to be registered with the Flag Institute. Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Mike Leddy, chair of the Birmingham Flag Project Team, said: “You may well think that Birmingham already has a flag, but […]
Flag of USA (51 stars)
The flag of the U.S.A. is perhaps the most recognisable in the world, and depending on your perspective it symbolises the land of the free and the home of the brave, or, is the face of everything that’s wrong with the world or just your country. So when angry business owners in Moscow starting using […]
Flag Institute: Change of Official Address
From August 2023 our official address has changed. Please write to: The Flag Institute, 84 Norwood Grove, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 9HS, United Kingdom. NOTE: This mailbox is not staffed full time. For any urgent enquiry, please email the Flag Institute. The Flag Institute was originally based at the Chester home of our […]
French national day of mourning
Following the tragic events in Paris on Wednesday 7 January 2015, when the editorial offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were attacked and twelve people killed, the French government have announced a national day of mourning for the victims on Thursday 8 January. This will be France’s only sixth national day of mourning in the […]
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