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Introduce your national flag to us.Introduce your national flag to us.• its history, • how it has changed, • are there any symbols on it, • do the colours mean

anything, • are there any interesting

facts, traditions, stories in connection with it

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– St. Stephen Middle School, – St. Stephen Middle School, CanadaCanada

The Canadian Flag

• It has two red stripes one white strip and an eleven point maple leaf.

• The colors of the Canadian flag were adopted from two flags, the white from the England flag’s cross, and the red strips from the France flag.

• Red and white are also Canada’s official colors. 

HistoryHistory In Canada they have a

flag for each province. Canada used to share

the British flag but they wanted a flag

The flag made itsfirst appearance on

February 15, 1965.

The idea for themaple leaf came fromGeorge F. G. Stanley

and John Matheson.

HistoryHistory

      Joan O’Malley was the one who sewed the first

Canadian flag. She was asked to by the

Prime Minister, Lester B. Pearson.

Joan wasn’t a professional seamstress, and had not

experienced sewing often, but she managed to create the beautiful

Canadian Flag.

The Maple LeafThe Maple Leaf

 The maple leaf from the maple tree is a one of the biggest symbols of Canada. Also the maple leaf is a sign of duty in the country.

The meaning of the maple leaf is because it falls in fall and in Canada there are many maple trees.

How it has changed?How it has changed?The Great Britain Union Flag

(1606–1800) The UK Union Flag (1801–present) Flag used (1868–1921)

Flag used (1921–1957) First Flag Proposal to Parliament, the Pearson

Pennant

Flag of the Royal Military College of Canada

Current flag, 1965 to date

The flag atop the

PPeace eace TTowerower inOttawa Ontario at asize of 2.25 metersby 4.5 meters.

Some Interesting Facts Some Interesting Facts about the Canadian Flagabout the Canadian Flag

The Canadian

flag can never

be allowed to

touch the ground.

The colors each have a different meaning, white means peace and honesty and red means hardiness, bravery, strength, and valor.

The largest Canadian flag

ever made was 38

meters by 76 meters. 80 people

were needed to

carry it, and it

was worth $15 000 dollars!!!

So far this year, the government has bought over 33 000 flags!

If you want a

flag that has

been on the

Peace Tower,

you have to wait

10 years to

receive it.

The flag that is on the top of the Peace Tower is up 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is changed every day by a Parliament Hill employee.

See more…

TraditionTradition

One tradition is every morning when the employee changes the flag, the national anthem will play and everyone stops what they’re doing to stand straight with their hands at their sides, here are the lyrics: l                                  

                                      

 "O Canada! Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

The True North, strong and free!

From far and wide, O Canada,

We stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee."

IS5 – Universal School of LebanonIS5 – Universal School of Lebanon

The Lebanese flag has three

main symbols:

• Cedar tree• Red colour

• White colour

It was adopted in December 7, 1943

Cedar Tree and the ColoursCedar Tree and the Colours

The cedar treecedar tree is

Lebanon official tree while

the red sectionsred sections are the symbol for the blood that has been shed to acquire Lebanon its independence, and the

whitewhite which is the symbol for snow representing the purity and innocence of the Lebanese citizens.

HistoryHistory

Through history, Lebanon, or at least its region, had taken

the flag of the people who occupied

it.

Flag used during Phoenician era 3000

BC - 200 AD

Flag of the State of Greater Lebanon during the French

mandate 1920-1943

Flag as drawn and approved by the members of the parliament during

the declaration of

independence in 1943

Variant, used by a portion of Lebanese

nationals

IS7 – Oued Eddahab Junior IS7 – Oued Eddahab Junior High School, MoroccoHigh School, Morocco

The Moroccan The Moroccan Flag Flag 

The overall background is Red

It is Red with a green pentacle

(five-pointed, linear star) known as

Solomon's seal in the center of the flag.

It was introduced in 1912, when Morocco was placed under French protectorate

ColoursColours

The colors on the Moroccan flag represent the

following:

Red - hardiness, bravery, strength & valour

Green - hope, joy and love and in many cultures have a sacred significance and is  the traditional color of Islam

Solomon’s seal

History of the Moroccan FlagHistory of the Moroccan Flag• The use of the flag in Morocco as a

symbol of the state dates way back to the Almoravide dynasty (1062-1125 ad). 

• Prior to this time, white silk banners were often carried in battle, sometimes with Koranic inscriptions written on them. 

• The Almoravides institutionalized this practice. They gave one banner to every unit of 100 soldiers.

• The two following dynasties (the Merinides and the Saadiens) continued the use of the White flag as the symbol of the State.

• The Alaouites (beginning in the 17th Century), which are the ruling dynasties , were the first to introduce the red flag. It was raised every morning and lowered every evening on the fortresses at Rabat and Sale.  

• The green Sulayman star on the flag was introduced in 1912.

Etiquett of the FlagEtiquett of the Flag

Due care and

consideration

must be taken to

ensure that the

Moroccan flag is

always flown the

correct way up

A tattered or

faded flag of

Moroccan

should be

removed and

replaced with

a new flag

The Moroccan flag should never be allowed to drag along the ground

The National flag of

Moroccan should

never be flown above

another national flag

on the same staff as

this would suggest

superiority, or

conversely, inferiority

of one flag, or Nation,

over another

IS8 – Het Nieuwe Eemland, NetherlandsIS8 – Het Nieuwe Eemland, Netherlands

The Dutch flagThe Dutch flag

is a horizontal tricolor of red,

white and blue.

More specifically naming the colors as

bright vermilion, cobalt blue and bright white.

It was adopted on 19th February 1937.

The History of the Dutch FlagThe History of the Dutch FlagThe earliest examples of the

flag date from the 16th century. The first version was mentioned

in a 1572 orange-white-blue flag.

At the conclusion of the Union of Utrecht in 1579, this was also the official flag. This was the original flag of the Republic of Seven United Netherlands.

In the course of less than a century it was replaced by orange red, so at the end of the Eighty Years War in 1648, the de facto flag was changed in Red - White-Blue, though still spoke of the "Orange Flag".

Hoisting the Dutch FlagHoisting the Dutch Flag

The Dutch flagThe Dutch flag is a flag instruction of the

Dutch government to government-related institutions, which indicates when the Dutch flag is hoisted, and how. The dates on which the flag is hoisted on government buildings are set in an order from the Minister President of December 22, 1980. To individuals, businesses and institutions such instruction is requested, as far as possible, to follow. The latter is not required. A discussion of the instruction in 1980, with a supplement of April 21, 1999.

IS9 – Gymnasium IS9 – Gymnasium ##2, Ukraine2, Ukraine

The flag of Ukraine represents the rectangularpanel consisting of twohorizontal equal strips: top - dark blue, bottom - yellow colours.

It was adopted in January 28, 1992 (originally in 1918)

Flag - as wheat in steppes under a blue arch of the sky.

It personifies immemorial aspiration of the people to the world, work, beauty and riches of the native earth.

Command of the Ukrainian schoolboys from Chernivtsy at the International conference.

IS10 – Colegiul Economic, RomaniaIS10 – Colegiul Economic, Romania

The national flag of Romania is a tricolor with vertical stripes

from the flag pole,

blue, yellow and red.

The flag's dimensions are 124 cm long and 110 cm wide.

It was adopted:26 June 184824 April 1867

27 December 1989

• The flag is very similar to the civil flag of Andorra and the state of Chad, but having no connection with them. Tricolour was first adopted in 1834 the Romanian Country. In 1848, the flag adopted by the revolutionaries as the Country Romanian flag was blue-yellow-red tricolor (with the blue above, therefore, as meaning "Freedom, Justice, Fraternity"). Throughout history it has undergone many changes both and color of their settlement.

• The flag to signify the Roman people respect, pride and a part of our country's history .

LegendLegend

This legend has been favored by

matching colored

flags assigned to

the two Romanian principalities at that time (red

and blue to blue and yellow Moldova and

Romanian Country).

Legend of formation

tricolor national flag

by merging color

flags of Moldova

and Romanian

Country born after

1860, perhaps the

desire to reconcile

everyone to the

choice of the 1848

Wallachian

revolutionary flag as

the flag of all

Romanians.

IS11 – Norkem Park High School, IS11 – Norkem Park High School, SouthAfricaSouthAfrica

The national flag was designed by the former South African state Herald,Mr Fred Brownell

and was first used on 27 April 1994.

ColoursColours

Colours combinations represent different meanings for different people therefore no universal symbolism should be attached to any of the colours.

The main design of the flag, the green "Y" starting the flag post and coming together in the center of the fiag,can be seen as the coming together of he different people of South Africa,who then take the road ahead.

Bonus Bonus - IS3 - Hungary - IS3 - Hungary

The flag of Hungary is a horizontal tricolour of

red, white and green.

In this exact form, it has been the official flag of

Hungary since October 1, 1957.

HistoryHistory

The Hungarian flag has its origins in the national republican movements

of the 18th-19th century (concerning its form, the

tricolour) and in the Hungary of the Middle Ages (concerning its

colours).

History of the Hungarian FlagHistory of the Hungarian Flag

1867-1918 1940-1945

1946-1949 and 1956-1957 1949-1956

symbol of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

1957-1989

ColoursColours

RedRed –

symbolizes strength

WhiteWhite – faithfulness

GreenGreen - hope

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IS3 from HungaryIS3 from Hungary