MARCH 15, 2026 — In New York, the City of Albany has initiated a formal process to replace its flag, with a specialized task force now developing a competition to source a successor by mid-2027, says the Times Union. The move follows the Albany Common Council’s March 2024 approval of legislation to establish the Task…
MARCH 15, 2026 — A grassroots movement led by a retired Royal Canadian Air Force pilot is seeking to establish Canada’s first official flag dedicated to the nation’s 460,000 military veterans, says Barrie 360. Kent Smerdon, a Barrie-based veteran with a 31-year aviation career spanning the military and commercial sectors, designed the “Canadian Military Veterans…
MARCH 15, 2026 — Saudi Arabia observed its annual Flag Day on March 11, an occasion established by royal decree in 2023 to honour the specific design of the national ensign approved by King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud in 1937, according to the Saudi Gazette. This year’s commemorations involved significant urban visual displays, with…
MARCH 15, 2026 — In British Columbia, the Dawson Creek City Council voted 5-2 last Monday to officially adopt a city flag design originally granted by the Canadian Heraldic Authority nearly 18 years ago, reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The decision resolves a long-standing administrative discrepancy where the city continued to fly an uncodified flag…