THE GEOMETRY OF FLAGS

Revisit our stops on the great race.

The national flag of France is known as the French Tricolour.

France

The yellow stripe is twice the width of the red stripe

The flag of Spain- “La Rojigualda”

The orange, white and blue are the colors of the Netherlands flag.

Flag of New York City

The flag was adopted in 1971. It contains the Pan-Arab colors, red, green, white and black, which symbolize Arabian unity.

Flag of the United Arab Emirates

The Maryland flag contains the family crest of the Calvert (black and gold) and Crossland (red and white) families.

State of Maryland

The “Union Jack” is a combination of the flags of England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

Flag of Great Britain

Introduced 1194 A.D. by Richard 1.

The English flag of St. George

The flag of St. Andrew

The National Flag of Scotland

The National Flags of Scotland and England were united for use at sea, thus making the first Union 'Jack'.

The first Union Jack

In 1801 Ireland was united with Great Britain

Northern Ireland, the flag of St. Patrick

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The cross St Patrick was combined with the Union Flag of St George and St Andrew, to create the Union Flag

The Union Jack

England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland were now all joined together and called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Where is Wales?