vexillology

Today, Juneteenth is celebrated in USA, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. Here's an African-American flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Flag...

The Flag of Juneteenth (upload.wikimedia.org)

On June 18 1953, the Republic of Egypt was officially declared, ending the monarchy. Here are some of the flags that have been used in Egypt throughout its history. (lemmy.world)

Flag of Corsica (lemmy.world)

On June 17 1944, 79 years ago, Iceland became independent under this flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Artwork with aboriginal flags at Sydney Airport. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Info: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-19/first-nations-flags-to-fly-at-sydney-airport-as-artwork/9272706

Today is Sussex day, so here's the flag of Sussex! The six golden martlets (a heraldic, mythical feetless bird that is always on the fly) represent the six rapes (ancient subdivisions) of Sussex. (lemmy.world)

The flag has a website with quite a lot of content: https://sussexflag.wordpress.com. Here you can read about the history and symbolism of the flag, and for example see the six rapal flags of Sussex: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a3bf722e-f05f-4ec2-ae6e-7e8d00d6dd88.webp...

Today is the national flag day of Armenia! (lemmy.world)

According to legend, at the battle of Lyndanisse, June 15 1219, the Danish flag ("Dannebrogen") miraculously fell from the sky, bringing the Danes victory against the pagan Estonians. (lemmy.world)

The factual accuracy of this legend is somewhat dubious, but it is a fascinating legend which few flags can match....

Flag of Alexandria, Egypt

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/351136da-ff45-4256-9d36-9674231a8387.png

June 14, 1777, the iconic flag of USA was first adopted. Here’s how it has changed throughout the years, including some more interesting constellations than just putting the stars in a rectangle. (lemmy.world)

Serbian flag from XIX century (lemmy.world)

Recently on protests in Serbia someone waved with this flag and reminded me how cool it is. I like it more than current Serbian flag.

The ensign of France (the flag used at sea) has some interesting proportions. Allegedly it looks balanced at a distance. (lemmy.world)

Flag of Ejmiatsin (officialy Vagharshapat) in Armenia (lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz)

Apricot yellow recalls that Vagharshapat was a royal town. Purple symbolizes the Catholicate. The emblem is bordered by a gray ring charged with yellow grapevines, substituted in the emblem's upper part by a castle with brown windows, protruding out of the ring. The inner ring is blue, inscribed on town with the town's name in...

125 years ago, June 12 1898, Philippines declared independence from Spain. Here are some flags used during the revolution. (lemmy.world)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Revolution

Nepal is the only country with a non-rectangular civil flag, but the state flag of Denmark, Norway and Iceland are also non-rectangular. Here, flags at Christiansborg, the Danish seat of parliament. (lemmy.world)

The "split" flag is also used as war flag and naval ensign. Sweden and Finland also have non-rectangular war flags/naval ensigns, but with three teeth.

Flag of the Second Spanish Republic - my favourite flag and one of the few flags that use purple (lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz)

On this day, June 11 1580, Buenos Aires was founded a second time (after the first settlement was abandoned). This is the flag of the city. (lemmy.world)

The flag actually dates back all the way to 1580 and the founder Juan de Garay....

The flag of Portsmouth, UK – a somewhat unexpected use of a star and crescent flag. (lemmy.world)

Read the story about the flag here: https://www.welcometoportsmouth.co.uk/star%20and%20cresent.html

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