41. Residents lit candles at midnight and many women wore saris in the colors of the national flag. 42. Some Australians are aggressively campaigning to change the Australian national flag, which has as its primary symbol the red and white cross of the British Union Jack. 43. Some national flags have especially interesting beginnings. 44. Such emblems can be powerful statements, just like national flags, and people invest their identities in them, he said. 45. Stores closed, and the red-and-black national flag was lowered to half-staff. 46. That flag, the first of three national flags adopted by the Confederate States of America, bears little resemblance to later versions. 47. The cities are about two hours apart by car, and some Toronto fans brought their national flag, waving it and singing their national anthem on the sidewalks. 48. The Confederate lawmaker who proposed the Southern Cross design of the currently controversial battle flag could never win approval to make it the national flag. 49. The Croatian fans were no longer waving their national flags. 50. The European skies are notoriously lacking in competition, with a variety of national flag airlines dominating many routes and keeping prices high as a result. |