#flag of england

[richardmark1]

23rd April: Feast of St. George, Patron Saint of England

St. George, pray for England. Pray for us.

[yesthatsatumbler]

The supposed "unbloated original" of the US flag is Chile, yes. (Which I do have to admit is hilariously similar.)

Here's what the actual unbloated original of the US flag is:

Which in turn directly descends from this:

...or, at least, this is one of the theories, and/or only one of the ancestors. The other theory, and/or the other ancestral line, would have the unbloated original look like this:

(Note that this is a modern representation! There's a scantily attested even more unbloated version which lacks the top right red stripe, such that the cross at top left seamlessly continues into the right side. It looks pretty wacky and I couldn't find a good representation of that edition that wasn't a tiny historical image.)

Fun fact: after the 14th and 15th state were added, the flag was amended in 1794 (in effect from 1795) to add two more stars and two more stripes! So for a while the US flag had 15 stars and 15 stripes (the famous Star-Sprangled Banner was one of those). But then new states kept going in and there was no representation of those on the flag, and it was clearly untenable to have 20-and-counting stripes, so a new amendment in 1818 went back to 13 stripes and set out the "as many stars as states" protocol which is still in force today.

these feel similar to me

[kropotkindersurprise]

October 10, 2023 - During a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Sheffield, UK, two people scaled the 60-meter tall town hall to take down the Israeli flag that the local council had raised over hte building. In its stead they raised the flag of Palestine, to cheers from the crowd. [video]/[video]

[reactionimagesdaily]

[royaltea000]

11/6 of hetalia characters I’ve never drawn before - I’m done!!

[f0rgetf0rgetting]

fruk slop💔💔💔

[autistic-katara]

leftist youtubers when queer jews who aren’t burning every magen david they see exist: “p-pinkwashing?!?!”

[illustratus]

A Wedding Ceremony by Laslett John Pott

[bealzebubs-blog]

I know I'm late to the whole miku around the world trend but have trad goth Brit miku.

[renonv]

After a month of living and haunting Arthur (who is refusing to move out bc fuck the rent is cheap) Antonio finally decides to move out and move on to better things ❤️🙏

Part 2 || Part 4

[thewales-family]

The Prince of Wales attends a NFL Foundation UK NFL Flag event, an inclusive and fast paced American Football format and an organisation focused on tackling challenges faced by young people in some of the most deprived communities across the UK, in London, England -October 15th 2024.

[vox-anglosphere]

Union Day 2024 - What unites us is greater than what divides us.

[charcubed]

this single image and everything about the perfect way it's framed makes me want to scream and cry and throw up

[punkieagainsttheworld]

Henry Rollins

[blackswaneuroparedux]

O England! model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a mighty heart.

William Shakespeare

23 July is Historic County Flags Day.

It’s an occasion established to celebrate the nation’s Historic Counties by flying their flags.