No, no, NO.
The flag of the Great State of New Mexico represents the UHF/VHF Antenna.
Posted on 07/09/2006 5:32:52 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70
No, no, NO.
The flag of the Great State of New Mexico represents the UHF/VHF Antenna.
Minnesota's official flag was adopted in 1893. The flag has a blue background. The central seal pictures a farmer plowing a field and an Indian riding a horse toward the sun. The scene is surrounded by ladyslippers, Minnesota's state flower. A red banner with yellow letters has the state motto, "L'ETOILE DU NORD," meaning "the star of the north" in French. Three dates are on the flag: 1858 (at the top), the year Minnesota became a state; 1819 (at the left), the year Fort Snelling was established; and 1893 (at the right), the year this flag was adopted. Nineteen yellow stars surround the seal on a white band; these stars symbolize that fact Minnesota was the 19th state to enter the union after the first 13. "MINNESOTA" is written in red on the white band.
The Texas state flag is the 1839 national flag of the Republic of Texas. The state flag is a rectangle that has a width to length ratio of two to three. It contains one blue vertical stripe that has a width equal to one-third the length of the flag, and two equal horizontal stripes, with the upper stripe white, the lower stripe red, and each having a length equal to two-thirds the length of the flag. The flag has one white, regular five-pointed star. The five-pointed star is located in the center of the blue stripe, oriented so that one point faces upward, and sized so that the diameter of a circle passing through the five points of the star is equal to three-fourths the width of the blue stripe. The red and blue of the state flag are the same colors used in the United States flag. The red, white, and blue of the state flag represent, respectively, bravery, purity and loyalty.
According to The Handbook of Texas Online, "The Lone Star Flag was adopted by the Texas Congress in 1839...Senator William H. Wharton introduced a bill on December 28, 1838, containing the flag's design, and the bill was referred to a committee consisting of Senator Oliver Jones and two unnamed senators. This committee reported a substitute bill embodying the flag design introduced by Wharton, and the substitute bill was passed by the Congress on January 21, 1839 and approved by President Mirabeau B. Lamar on January 25, 1839."
In "The Lone Star Flag of Texas", an article which appeared in the September 1948 issue of Frontier Times, author Adina de Zavala suggests a meaning for each point of the star. According to the article, the five points of the star represent the characteristics of a good citizen, which are fortitude, loyalty, righteousness, prudence, and broadmindedness.
LOL! Out of the Acoma Pueblo Indians' deep respect for the graceful and noble Antenelope!
It's interesting that if you take the writing off, the Texas and North Carolina state flags are almost identical, except the white and red are reversed between the two (the NC state flag is red on top, white on the bottom).
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District of Columbia Flag
DESCRIPTION:
In the early 1900s, Washington, D.C., had no official flag so a government commission was formed in 1920 to find a design. The design group was headed by A. E. Dubois.
The final design was approved on October 15, 1938, and it was based on the shield from George Washington's family coat of arms.
It's interesting that if you take the writing off, the Texas and North Carolina state flags are almost identical...Yeah, 'cept the former flies over TEXAS! (LOL)
You can swim with the turtles, study algae and plankton in the Galapagos Islands.
This is the Gadsden flag.
And this is the Gadsden Purchase![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Gadsden_Purchase_Cities.png/300px-Gadsden_Purchase_Cities.png")
Need I say more?
Yes, those Sandlappers did a great job of defending Charleston. Sargeant Jasper's heroism that day will live forever among those who appreciate South Carolina's history.
I notice that you still show your contact location as La La Land Central. Is that and oversight or is it because you live in the lib section of Texas? :)
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I notice that you still show your contact location as La La Land Central. Is that and oversight or is it because you live in the lib section of Texas? :)You nailed it, it's the latter. Perhaps a comma before "Central" will clear up any misunderstandings.
You got me in the Galapagos Islands livin' with the turtles, I don't know where the hell I am.
Thanks to both of you...I did NOT know the General's connection to NJ's flag. Most interesting.
Actually, it represents that in a Democratically controlled state, whether you face North, South, East, or West, somebody will be seeking a handout.
But since it is an election year, King William has requested that we change our flag as a campaign ploy. He wants to change the flag to this...
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Lol!
I was looking at other state flag websites and checked out New Joisey and found these little nuggets of information...
Earth Symbols:
State Dinosaur
A duck-billed dinosaur (a plant-eater) discovered in 1858 by William Parke Foulke in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Hadrosaurus lived from 70 to 100 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.
Do you spot any of these giant purple things roaming down The Boardwalk?
I also noticed that your State Folk Dance is the Square Dance; do you have one of these on your car :)
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I am so busted! ROFLMAO!!!
My latest Square Dance CD---------------------> 
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