What does your flag mean/stand for?

[Inverse Icarus]

white to mean purity and innocence, red for valor and hardiness, and blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice. According to legend, George Washington interpreted the elements of the flag this way: the stars were taken from the sky, the red from the British colors, and the white stripes signified the secession from the home country. However, there is no official designation or meaning for the colors of the flag.

13 stripes: 13 original colonies.

a star for each state.

the orginal flag had a circle of stars (one of the better arrangements IMHO)

The stars were in a circle so that no one colony would be viewed above another. It is reported that George Washington said, "Let the 13 stars in a circle stand as a new constellation in the heavens."

[Bereta_Eder]

Ok, im still waiting for the confederate flag explanation


a lot of people are waving it with PRIDE!

[Sonic]

Lithuanian flag (look near my username to see it):
Yellow means sun
Green means nature
Red means blood that was spilled in defense of our countries freedom

[Bereta_Eder]

Thanks Sonic

Im still waiting for the other flags' meaning people

[Sonic]

First Confederate flag (bonnie blue flag) is actually flag of Republic of Texas, which I believe means one state (the single star).

The new confederate flag ment all the states in the Confederation (13 stars).

[Dis]

I think it has to do with the early 13 prophets who were later joined by 50 other prophets who wrote the gospel that we call the constitution. But I could be wrong- I was in a public school.

[Dis]

oh that is where I live now. My homeland country of Bhutan- I have no idea. It's just some weird creature which I think is cool.

[Buck Birdseed]

Sweden (gold scandinavian cross on blue background): The design idea is basically nicked wholesale off the danes, a couple of centuries after that flag was originally used (it's the oldest still-used flag in the world AFAIK). The colours were taken from the older Small Royal Coat of Arms, which basically consists of a set of three golden crowns against a blue background. The colour blue is probably derived from the Folkunga Lion, the symbol of an older mediaeval dynasty, with the three crowns having various silly explanations but of course all being in their natural colour.

Hungary: French-Rev-derived Tricolour first used in the 19th century. Possibly the three symbolise strenght, faithfulness and hope, but hey, that's just nonsense really, probably added by some romaniticst bastard decades later. There's also a centred small coat-of-arms (from which the colours are derived) that's not official, but allowed optionally by law. It consists of eight alternating red-and-while bars on the left side of a shield possibly derived from a 12th-C spanish coat-of-arms, and a white antipopean Lorraine cross set in a crown resting on three green hills against a red background on the right-hand side. This supposedly reffers to three mountain ranges, but according to the Slovaks (who use a similar symbol in their coat of arms) it's older, and slovakian. The Coat of Arms is topped with a demi-accurate reproduction of the Crown of St. Stephen, complete with a left leaning bent cross from when someone dropped it on the floor 300 years ago.

[RGBVideo]

oh that is where I live now. My homeland country of Bhutan- I have no idea. It's just some weird creature which I think is cool.

Bhutan was under Chinese control in 19th century, theres the dragon.

The yellow (upper) part originally represented monarchy, and orange (lower) part
religion (buddha). They've changed colors in some part of 20th century.

Old IIRC, so don't hold me for this.

Hmmm... I've always thought that US had 52 states, but old 50 star -flag?

[The Mad Monk]

Nope, just the nifty fifty.

[Rasbelin]

Finland...

The white colour is the snow and the blue colour stands for the blue sky. Very simple.

[Sonic]

50 states + one district

[RGBVideo]

The white colour is the snow and the blue colour stands for the blue sky. Very simple.

Shape and concept are ripped from Scandinavian countries, to avoid Russian... erm... You know.
(I'm not sure had the old Russian tsarist (sp) flag anything to do with it, however)

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

A stern warning against the perils of inbreeding in an island people.

[Stefu]

The white colour is the snow and the blue colour stands for the blue sky. Very simple.

I hope there would be some other explanation, because having it explained like this always reminds me of that song.

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