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Don't Tread on Me: How a 1775 Rattlesnake Flag Ended Up in a 2016 Discrimination Case
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In December 1775, Christopher Gadsden handed a yellow flag to a naval commander whose fleet hadn't even sailed yet. The flag showed a coiled rattlesna...
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The Flag Nobody Finished: How Six Pride Stripes Became Eleven
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In 1978, the flag had eight colors and one designer. By 2021, the most widely used version of that same idea carried eleven colors, arranged as six st...
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Why Wales Isn't on the Union Jack
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Look at the Union Jack and you'll find three crosses stacked on top of each other. St George's red cross for England. St Andrew's white diagonal for S...
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