the day the 13 original U.S. colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. The flag is also symbolic of cultural ...

Looking at our flag designs, you can see the intractable ... Act of Union united Scotland and England into one state of Great Britain. James eventually decided not to use any of the six designs ...

It would turn out to be a new Canadian Red Ensign with the coat of arms replaced by a single, large, gold maple leaf. Recall that similar designs had been mooted as far back as the 1890s. In this case ...

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. In the bay where Cook landed in 1775, he flew the flag and named the bay 'Possession Bay'. Besides the first landing, Cook also made the first survey ...