Flags of the Day

Today is Statehood Day in Louisiana; Maitag Vorabend in Switzerland; and Flag Day in Virginia.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Flag Day in the Åland Islands; and Ratification Day in Maryland. It is also the Birthday of President James Monroe.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Saur Revolution Day in Afghanistan; Second Republic Day in Austria; National Veterans' Day in Finland; Independence Day in Sierra Leone; National Resistance Day in Slovenia; Freedom Day in South Africa; and Independence Day in Togo.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia; Municiple Holiday in Guinea-Bissau; Union Day in Tanzania; and Cape Henry Day in Virginia. It is also Arbor Day in Utah.

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Flags of the Day

Today is ANZAC Day in Australia, Nauru, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga; Sinai Liberation Day in Egypt; Flag Day in the Faroe Islands; IDF Memorial Day in Israel; Liberation Day in Italy; Revolution Anniversary in Poirtugal; and Flag Day in Swaziland. Today is also the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi; Genocide Memorial Day in Armenia; and Constitution Day in Gambia. It is also Arbor Day in Utah.

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Flags of the Day

Today is St. George's Day in England; and Independence Day in Turkey.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Discovery Day in Brazil; Oklahoma Day; and Queen Isabella Day in Spain. On this date in 1861, Florida ratified the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Tiradentes Day in Brazil; Battle of San Jacinto Day in Texas; and the Queen's Birthday in the United Kingdom.

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Happy Birthday to the Queen from her loyal subjects in the British Arctic Territory

By special request of His Excellency, the Governor of the British Artic Territory, we display the Territory's Queen's Standard in honour of the 80th natal anniversary of Her Majesty, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Flags of the Day

Today is Republic Day in Sierra Leone; the King's Birthday in Swaziland; Return of the 33 Exiles Day in Uruguay; and The anniversary of the 1810 Declaration of Independence in Venezuela.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Battle of Dybbøl Day in Denmark; and Independence Day in Zimbabwe.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Constitution Day in Canada; Independence Day in Cambodia and Syria; and Secession Day in Virginia.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Easter Sunday. It is also Militiamen Day in Cuba; Queen Margrethe's Birthday in Denmark; and José De Diego's Birthday in Puerto Rico.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Holy Thursday. It is also Pan-American Day in the Organization of American States.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Ougadi (the Telegu New Year) in Mauritius; and Halifax Independence Day in North Carolina.

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Pitcairn stamp honours Old Glory

Pitcairn Island, the British colony in the South Pacific founded by the survivors of the HMS Bounty mutineers, has issued a postage stamp commemorating the 175th anniversary of their return to Pitcairn on board the Charles Doggett, captained by William Driver, father of Old Glory.

Flags of the Day

Today is Flag Day in Albania; Mothers Day in Armenia; Peacekeepers' Memorial Day in Belgium; Student Government Day in Massachusetts; and Day of National Mourning in Rwanda. On this date in 1798 the Mississippi Territory was organised. Today is also the Commemoration of Saint John Baptist de la Salle.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Liberation Day in Ethiopia; Van Riebeeck Day in South Africa; April Revolution Day in Sudan; Glarius Festival in Switzerland; and Chakri Dynasty Day in Thailand.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Independence Day in Bosnia & Herzegovina; the anniversary of the Death of Chiang Kai-shek/Tomb Sweeping Day in the Republic of China; and Arbour Day in the Republic of Korea. Today is also the Commemoratiuon of Saint Vincent Ferrer.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Liberation Day in Hungary; the date in 1812 when the legislature of the Orleans Territory, which in a few weeks would become the State of Louisiana, accepted the terms of the Act of Congress to create admit the territory as a State; Flag Day in Monaco; and Independence Day in Senegal. The Flag Act of 1818 was adopted on this date, finally establishing that the US flag would have 13 horizontal stripes, and one star for each State in the union, new stars to be added on the 4th of July following the admission of new States. Today is also the Commemoratiuon of Saint Isidore.

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Flags of the Day

Today is Second Republic Day in Guinea. On this date in 1861 South Carolina became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.

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Flags of the Day

Today is First Election Anniversary in Argentina; Flag Day in the Azores; and Battle of Copenhagen Day in Denmark. It is also the National Day of Prayer & Fast in Liberia.

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Flags of the Day

Today is the Liberation Struggle Anniversary in Cyprus; Islamic Republic Day in Iran; Flag Day in Mauritania; National Day in San Marino; and Sinhal/Tamil New Year in Sri Lanka. Today is also the birthday of Otto Von Bismarck; and Flag Day/National Day for the British Arctic Territory.

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