OCTOBER 22, 2024 — A fashion shop in Île Saint-Louis, an island in Paris, is inviting the public to help select a new flag for the island, Sortir à Paris reports. The initiative, organized by Komorebi, a young fashion brand specializing in printing flags on t-shirts, features six designs that reflect the island’s history. This…
OCTOBER 22, 2024 — In preparation for Republic Day, the largest-ever Kazakhstan flag has been displayed on the facade of a building by activists from the Amanat party, reports Astana TV. According to the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, Republic Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty on October 25, 1990. The massive flag measures…
OCTOBER 22, 2024 — Today, Canarian nationalists commemorate the Day of the Canarian Nationalist Flag, reported the Canarias-semanal. October 22 marks the first public hoisting of the nationalist flag in 1964. The Canarian Nationalist Flag is a proposed flag designed in 1964 by the Free Canary Islands Movement (MCL), an independence group that emerged in…
OCTOBER 22, 2024 — Today, the Maine Office of Fiscal and Program Review said they do not foresee additional costs, if Mainers chose to replace the design of their flag in November, WGME reports. Maine voters will decide on November 5 whether to change the state flag. Question 5 on the ballot asks if they’d…
OCTOBER 22, 2024 — A man in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is facing multiple charges after allegedly strangling a woman with an American flag, reports KCRG. Adam Sotzen, 39, has been charged with several crimes, including Assault with Intent to Inflict Serious Injury, Operating While Under the Influence, and Harassment. According to the criminal complaint, on…
OCTOBER 22, 2024 — The Boston Globe ran a spotlight today on New England Flag and Banner, a company founded in 1892 and renowned for its hand-crafted championship banners. The company continues to cut and sew banners by hand for professional, collegiate, and high school sports venues nationwide. Beyond sports, they also produce high-quality U.S.,…